US Offers $50 Million Reward for Nicolás Maduro's Arrest

USA announces a reward of 50 million dollars for information that leads to the arrest of Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro.

» Updated: August 08 2025

» Published: August 08 2025

US Offers $50 Million Reward for Nicolás Maduro's Arrest
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Maduro uses terrorist-designated drug cartels, including the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, to smuggle deadly drugs into the US, says US Attorney General Pam Bondi in a video statement published on X.

He is one of the world's largest drug dealers and a threat to our national security, says Bondi.

She claims that the US federal narcotics police (DEA) have now seized 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and his associates, of which seven tons are linked to Maduro personally.

The US authorities have also seized over $700 million in assets linked to Maduro, including two private planes, she says.

Yet Maduro's reign of terror continues. He is one of the world's largest drug dealers and a threat to our national security.

The US had previously announced a reward of $25 million. Today's announcement is thus a doubling of the reward, which now corresponds to up to half a billion kronor.

Venezuela is under harsh sanctions from Washington and Maduro, who came to power in 2013, has repeatedly claimed over the years that the US is trying to overthrow him. The authoritarian president and his socialist party have clung to power through elections whose results have been questioned by the international community, including the EU, the US, and the UN.

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