The Trump administration on Thursday offered a whopping $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.
According to a video post shared through X, Maduro was called out by the Attorney General Pam Bondi as a man working as a foreign terrorist.
He was said to have close links to terrorist organizations such as Sinaloa and Cartel of the Suns to bring deadly drugs and violence into our nation.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has thus far seized 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and his associates. Nearly seven tons linked to Maduro himself, which symbolizes a primary source of income for the deadly cartels based in Venezuela and Mexico.
The AG noted how cocaine linked to Maduro’s smuggling scheme is usually laced with substances such as Fentanyl and gives rise to a loss and destruction of seamless American lives.
In March of 2020, Maduro was hit with a range of federal charges in the Southern District of New York, which is linked to his drug trafficking efforts.point 124 | This has to do with narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine.point 183 | Others included possession of machine guns, destructive devices, and generating conspiracies regarding terror and more destruction.point 299 |
While the reward for his capture was first set out by the Trump administration as $15 million, it has now been raised to $50 million.point 109 | 1