More than a dozen tankers have loaded oil off Venezuela’s coast since the Trump administration intensified efforts to curb Caracas’ crude revenue by targeting sanctioned vessels.

Donald Trump has said the US will keep or sell the crude oil contained on tankers it has seized off the coast of Venezuela, as well as the vessels themselves. The US president's comments came as Washington continues to pressure the South American country's leader Nicolas Maduro to stand down.

CNN’s Kevin Liptak reports on the US pursuit of the sanctioned oil tanker Bella 1 in international waters near Venezuela after officials tried to intercept it.

An elite unit of the Coast Guard seized control of a second tanker the U.S. said was carrying sanctioned oil in the waters off the coast of Venezuela. President Trump said he will not back down from his pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The Trump administration has accused Venezuela of using oil money to fund drug-related crime. The seizure of the tankers is the latest development in the US's pressure campaign against the government of Venezuelan president,

Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are rising after another oil tanker was seized. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi reports.

U.S. ​President Donald Trump said ‌on Monday it would be smart for Venezuelan President ​Nicolas Maduro to leave power, and the United States could keep or sell the ‍oil it had seized ​off the coast of Venezuela in recent weeks.

The seizure comes comes days after President Trump announced a "blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.