Hear Maduro’s message to Trump as tensions with Venezuela continue to rise

New information about the oil tanker that was seized by the US off the coast of Venezuela. Satellite imagery and shipping data obtained by CNN show it concealed its true location while docked at a Venezuelan oil terminal last month. Its transponder indicates that it was hundreds of kilometers away in Guyana. US Attorney General Pam Bondi released a video of US military personnel seizing the ship. And what marks a major escalation? President Donald Trump's move against Venezuela's president and its government. The body says the tanker has been under US sanctions for years for involvement in an illicit oil shipping network. Venezuela's government calls the seizure an act of international piracy. Its president appeared unfazed.

President Nicolas Maduro singing 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' at a rally Wednesday, telling CNN his message to the US is peace above all else. We've got the land train collecting us from the White House. And Stefano Savon is in Venezuela's capital of Caracas. And I want to start off with you. President Trump was asked what they'll do with the oil. And here's what he had to say.

The oil on this ship. Well, we keep it, I guess. Where does it go? What does it go to? Well, you have to follow the tanker. You know, here good news, but you just follow the tanker. Do you know? Follow. Follow it. Get a helicopter. Follow the tanker trucks going. But we're going to, I guess. So we're going to keep the.

So the Venezuelan oil is sanctioned, but around 27 million barrels per month reach international markets, particularly China. So how does President Trump plan to crack down on oil exports? And I guess importantly, because this is his effort to try and squeeze Maduro and his earnings.

Yeah, I mean, this is a significant escalation of the United States pressure campaign on Maduro. But from talking to legal experts and people throughout the administration here, they argue that this is, of course, very different, a different mission from what we've seen. Some of the other strikes, particularly on, you know, the dozens, the two dozen, I should say, strikes that they've had on those boats traveling throughout the Caribbean and off the coast of Venezuela. Look, I think that video last night, a felony that the attorney general, Pam Bondi, shared of these US personnel rappelling down off of that helicopter, seizing that tanker with their guns drawn. I mean, it was those are remarkable images. We're getting we were told that this was, namely, a US Coast Guard mission that was working in conjunction with the FBI, Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. Now, what I found interesting was actually word of this surprise mission actually came from the president himself. Listen.