US Doubles Reward for Venezuela’s Maduro to $50M

The United States has doubled its reward to $50 million for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, now offering twice the amount once posted for Osama bin Laden. Maduro, first indicted on federal narco-terrorism and cocaine conspiracy charges in 2020, is accused of leading a major drug trafficking network and collaborating with groups such as the Sinaloa Cartel, Tren de Aragua, and Colombia's FARC to traffic fentanyl-laced cocaine into the US. Over $700 million in assets linked to Maduro have been seized, along with several tons of cocaine. Despite international condemnation of his 2024 reelection, Maduro remains in power. The US has recently eased some sanctions, allowing Chevron to resume oil drilling in Venezuela, but continues to seek Maduro's arrest. Venezuelan officials have dismissed the US reward as political propaganda and a distraction from American domestic issues.