US Ups Reward for Venezuela’s Maduro on Trafficking Charges (1)

The US set a $50 million reward for the arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, denouncing him as one of the world’s largest drug traffickers shortly after Washington restored a key oil license that could strengthen the embattled socialist leader.

Attorney General Pam Bondi made the announcement in a video posted on X, accusing the Venezuelan president of using allied “terrorist” groups to traffic illicit drugs into the US, including the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.

The US previously offered a $25 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest.

Bondi described the Venezuelan leader as a threat to US national ...