MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration doubled the pay for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s arrest by $50 million, accusing him of being one of the world’s biggest drug traffic and collaborated with the cartel to kill fentanyl-laden cocaine to the United States.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and will be held responsible for his sly crimes,” Attorney General Pam Bondy said Thursday in a video announcing his compensation.
Maduro was charged in 2020 during the first Trump presidency in Manhattan federal court, along with several close allies on the federal world. Narcoterror accusations A conspiracy to import cocaine. At the time, the US offered a $15 million reward for arrests. It was later raised to $25 million by the Biden administration.これは、2001年9月11日の攻撃に続いて米国がオサマ・ビン・ラディンの捕獲に提供したのと同じ金額です。
Despite the great bounty, Maduro remains entrenched after denying the US, the European Union and several Latin American governments that denounced 2024 Re-elected as a fake He then recognized his opponent as Venezuela’s officially elected president.
Last month, the Trump administration I signed a contract Caracas in exchange for Venezuela’s immigration score to secure the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the capital Deported by the US In El Salvador under Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Shortly afterwards, the White House reversed the course, allowing oil producer Chevron to resume drilling in Venezuela after being previously blocked by US sanctions.
Bondi said the Justice Department seized more than $700 million in assets related to Maduro, including two private jets, and nearly 7 tons of seized cocaine was directly traced to the left-wing leaders.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gill issued a statement characterizing the compensation as “pathetic” and accused the bond of orchestrating “crude political propaganda.”
“We are not surprised who came from, like those who promised Epstein’s nonexistent “secret list” and were scrambled in scandal due to political benefits. Jeffrey Epstein does not exist. “Her show is a joke and a desperate distraction from her own misery.”
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Associated Press Writer Regina Garciacano contributed to this report from Mexico City.
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This story was revised to show that the Department of Justice was directly tracked by Maduro.
