Overview

• The Department of Justice and State Department set the $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest, marking the highest bounty ever offered by the US for a foreign head of state.
• US officials accuse Maduro of orchestrating drug terrorism and collaborating with criminal groups such as Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa cartel.
• Authorities have frozen or confiscated over $700 million in assets linked to Maduro, including two private jets, and traced large cocaine shipments directly to his network.
• Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil dismissed the bounty as a “ridiculous propaganda stunt” and refused to recognize its legitimacy.
• Washington, the EU and several Latin American governments continue to reject Maduro’s disputed 2024 election and recognize opposition leader Edmundo González as Venezuela’s rightful president.