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Marco Rubio: “We seized one of those ships, we brought it back into…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies on Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 1:07:28

About five ships took off without authorization from the Venezuelans because they were controlled by some network in the country. With the cooperation of the interim authorities, We seized one of those ships, we brought it back into Venezuelan waters, handed the ship off to the Venezuelans. who in turn fed it into this mechanism, the short term mechanism that I described to you was created. So we're seeing cooperation on that front. (1:07:28–1:07:35)

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