Trump raises bounty for President Nicolás Maduro's arrest to $50 million

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Trump raises bounty for President Nicolás Maduro's arrest to $50 million  US Attorney General Pam Bondi says Washington has seized more than $700 million in assets directly linked to Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolás Maduro, whom the US accuses of being a narco-trafficker.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/08/trump-raises-bounty-for-the-arrest-of-president-nicolas-maduro-50-million-to-face-us-drug-  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The U.S. has doubled its reward for the arrest of Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, from $25 million to $50 million,

00:09accusing him of being one of the world's largest narco traffickers and working with cartels to flood the U.S. with fentanyl-laced cocaine.

00:19U.S. Attorney General Pam Bundy said on Thursday that, quote,

00:23Under President Trump's leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and it will be held accountable for his despicable crimes.

00:32Bundy said the U.S. Justice Department has seized more than $700 million in assets linked to Maduro, including two private jets and close to seven tons of cocaine,

00:45allegedly traced directly to the Venezuelan leftist leader.

00:49The Venezuelan foreign ministry, in its response, described Bundy's claim as pathetic and the most ridiculous smokescreen ever seen.

00:59Maduro was indicted in the federal court in Manhattan in 2020 during the first year of the Trump presidency, along with several of his close allies.

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