U.S. President Donald Trump offers $50 million reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, who is widely labelled a dictator.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi – who accused 62-year-old Maduro of conspiring with multiple gangs to bring guns and illegal drugs into the United States – made this announcement.
‘Maduro uses foreign terrorist organizations like [Tren de Aragua], Sinaloa and Cartel of the Suns to bring deadly drugs and violence into our country,’ she said.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has so far seized 30 tons of cocaine that were subsequently linked to Maduro and his associates, Bondi said.
Nearly seven tons of that total was linked to Maduro himself, she added, explaining that this represents a primary source of income for gangs operating in Venezuela and Mexico.
‘Cocaine is often laced with fentanyl, resulting in the loss and destruction of countless American lives,’ Bondi said.
Maduro has been in the crosshairs of the American justice system since March 2020, when he was indicted in the Southern District of New York on a litany of charges related to drug trafficking.
They included narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
