Trump doubles Nicolas Maduro bounty, offers $50 million reward for arrest of Venezuela’s president
The Trump administration doubles $ 50 million a reward for the arrest of The president of Venezuela Nicolás MaduroAccording to him to be one of the biggest drug trafments in the world and to work with cartels to flood the United States from cocaine to fentanyl.
“Under the leadership of President Trump, Maduro will not escape justice and he will be held responsible for his despicable crimes,” the prosecutor General Pam Bondi said in a video announcing the award on Thursday.
A story of the acts of indictment and distrust
Maduro was charged with the Federal Court of Manhattan in 2020, during the first Trump presidency, as well as several allies close to the federal accusations of narco-terrorism and conspiracy in order to import cocaine.
At the time, the United States offered a $ 15 million award for his arrest. This was then lifted by the Biden administration at $ 25 million – the same amount as the United States offered for the capture of Osama bin Laden after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Despite the major bonus, Maduro remains rooted after challenging the United States, the European Union and several Latin American governments, which condemned its re-election of 2024 as an imposture and recognized its adversary as a duly elected president of Venezuela.
Diplomatic offers and asset attacks
Last month, the Trump administration concluded an agreement to obtain the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the capital, Caracas, in exchange for the creation of migrant migrants to the Salvador under the repression of immigration from the Trump administration.
Shortly after, the White House canceled the course and allowed us the chevron petroleum producer to resume drilling in Venezuela after being previously blocked by American sanctions.
Bondi said that the Ministry of Justice had seized more than $ 700 million in Maduro, including two private jets, and said that 7 million tonnes of cocaine seized had been traced directly to the left chief.
Provocative answer from Venezuela
The Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yvan Gil, published a declaration characterizing the award as “pathetic” and accusing Bondi of orchestrating a “raw political propaganda operation”.
“We are not surprised, from whom it comes. The same who promised an” secret list “of Epstein and who wallows in scandals for political favors,” said Gil, referring to Bondi’s reaction after announcing last month that the “list of customers” of the “list of customers” of Jeffrey is not part of rupture. “His show is a joke, a desperate distraction of his own misery.”
