The Trump administration has seized the second of two planes belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government that is currently in the Dominican Republic.

Venezuela.- Venezuela has denounced the U.S. seizure of a second aircraft in the Dominican Republic, calling it a “shameless theft” and accusing U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio of being an “airplane thief.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday oversaw the seizure of a Venezuelan government plane in the Dominican Republic. U.S. authorities had "determined that there is a basis to file a civil forfeiture action to recover the aircraft,

People don’t talk about the Dominican Republic enough and they face a real challenge because of Haiti and the instability next door.”

The US on Thursday seized a second aircraft belonging to the Venezuelan government in less than a year during a visit to the Dominican Republic by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, despite nascent diplomacy with leftist leader Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela has accused the US of "brazen theft" after seizing one of its government aircraft in the Dominican Republic. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio oversaw the seizure of the plane on Thursday - the second Venezuelan plane the US has confiscated in the Caribbean country in less than a year.