Venezuela Sends Large Fighter Jet Escort For Iranian Tankers

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Zero Hedge: Watch: Venezuela Sends Large Fighter Jet Escort For Tankers As Iran’s Flag Flies Over Caracas

To pretty much everyone’s surprise it appears the five Iranian gasoline tankers will be able to offload their fuel to Venezuela without incident, despite US threats to thwart what Washington sees as illicit sanctions-busting. It remains that the return trip could be a different story, however.

Dramatic video emerged early this week showing the first couple of tankers’ arrivals within Venezuelan coastal waters, accompanied by what appeared a large Venezuelan military escort, as Maduro officials promised.

First tanker to successfully arrive, the Fortune, docked by Monday, while all are now reported in Caribbean waters, with the second vessel soon to reportedly to dock as well, already safely within Venezuela’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

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Update: Venezuelan Su-30s and F-16s welcome Iranian tanker (The Nation)

WNU Editor: The tankers are offloading their cargo …. Third Iranian fuel cargo reaches Venezuelan waters, others unloading – data (Reuters).