U.S. intercepts $3 million worth of fuel shipments to Cuba as energy blockade tightens
The U.S. has intercepted 90 Cuba-bound shipments of biodiesel — valued at nearly $3 million — widening a U.S.-imposed oil blockade led by the Department of Homeland Security aimed at choking off illegally trafficked fuel, routed to the sanctioned island’s crisis-hit energy sector. Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Commerce Department’s…