US Imposes Sanctions on Maduro’s ‘Narco-Nephews’ and Six Tankers

The US sanctioned three of Nicolas Maduro’s nephews as well as six oil tankers, ramping up pressure on the Venezuelan president a day after seizing a vessel carrying crude off the country’s coast.

The Treasury Department announced sanctions on three nephews of Maduro’s wife, a businessman close to him and six crude oil tankers, as well as the firms linked to them.

“Nicolas Maduro and his criminal associates in Venezuela are flooding the United States with drugs that are poisoning the American people,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.

Two of Maduro’s nephews are drug-traffickers popularly known ...