US seizures of oil tankers slammed at UN meeting

The seizure of oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela by the United States and its continuing destruction of boats in the Caribbean were criticized on Tuesday at the United Nations Security Council.

"Under the pretext of combating drug-trafficking, the United States has continued to increase its military deployment in the waters of the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela," said Sun Lei, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, at a Security Council briefing.