The history of bad relations between the United States and Venezuela have just incorporated another conflicting chapter. The administration of Donald Trump increased from 25 to 50 million dollars the pay of “information that leads to the arrest” by Nicolás Maduro. “The Department of Justice and the State are announcing a historical reward“said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry described the announcement as” pathetic and considered it a new “smoke curtain.”
According to Bondi, “Maduro uses foreign terrorist organizations To bring mortal drugs and violence “to the United States. The Department of Justice, said the prosecutor,” has seized more than 700 million dollars in assets linked to Maduro, including two airplanes and nine vehicles. “
Trump, like his predecessor Joe Biden, It does not recognize Maduro’s victory in the July 2024 elections. Since he assumed, the Republican tycoon has alternated manifest hostility actions to the Miraflores Palace and stealthy agreements in immigration that enabled a systematic rhythm of deportations. As part of these understandings, the Chrevron oil license has been extended to remain on Venezuelan soil.
In this context, Bondi’s message takes place in X. The prosecutor used the social network to accuse Maduro of being linked to the Aragua train, a criminal group that emerged in a Venezuelan prison and that has had extension outside that country, as well as the Sinaloa cartel. “Maduro is One of the world’s greatest drug traffickers and a threat to national security. Under the leadership of President Trump, Maduro will not escape justice and will have to pay account, “added Bondi, who in turn put a price on the heads of the” number two “of the Venezuelan government and the Minister of Defense, Diosdado Cabello and General Vladimir Padrino López. The rewards in both cases amount to 25 and 15 million dollars respectively.
Caracas response
For the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, Bondi’s message is just one “Desperate distraction” of the internal problems of the United States. “While we disassemble the terrorist plots that orchestrate from her country, this lady comes out with a media circus to please the ultra -right of Venezuela,” Minister Yván Gil said. “We are not surprised, coming from who is coming. The same one that promised a non -existent secret ´ of (Jeffrey) Epstein and that is stirred in scandals of political favors,” he said in allusion to the financier related to prostitution and sexual abuse, who had relations with Trump. Bondi, concluded the minister, is “A joke, a desperate distraction of their own miseries. The dignity of our homeland is not for sale. We repudiate this gross political propaganda operation. “
Caracas argues that the complaints launched against the main plana of maturism lack foundation and aim to discredit the “Bolivarian Revolution.” Maduro himself had warned about the possibility that these accusations be refloated. “Uribist Colombian drug trafficking, The criminal bands and recycled criminals that still exist in the country, and the fascist conspiracy financed from the United States, are a disastrous equation against Venezuela, “he said days ago.
Cabello reported while the security forces dismantled a “terrorist plan” that sought to place explosives in public places in the capital and attempt against the president. “We seized a bag containing explosive artifacts, analog phones, 3 kilos of TNT.” How many innocent people could have been harmed by this? “Said Cabello, and held the opposition leader María Corina Machado. The action was scheduled in Colombia and 13 person were arresteds.
