An aircraft that U.S. officials say was used to benefit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was seized Thursday 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.

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.