On August 7, 2025, the Trump administration reiterated its pursuit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, announcing a $50 million reward for information leading to his arrest. This amount doubles the previous $25 million bounty set earlier this year. The announcement came from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who, in a video posted on X, accused Maduro of involvement in large-scale narcotics trafficking.
Bondi in the X video said: “Maduro uses foreign terrorist organizations like [Tren de Aragua], Sinaloa, and Cartel of the Suns to bring deadly drugs and violence into our country.” “He is one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world and a threat to our national security.”
The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized 30 tons of cocaine linked to Nicolas Maduro and his inner circle, Pam Bondi stressed, and “nearly seven tons linked to Maduro himself, which represents a primary source of income for the deadly cartels based in Venezuela and Mexico.”
“Cocaine is often laced with fentanyl, resulting in the loss and destruction of countless American lives. “The DOJ has seized over $700 million of Maduro-linked assets, including two private jets, nine vehicles, and more. Yet Maduro’s reign of terror continues,” Bondi said in the video.
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In 2020, during Trump’s first term, Maduro was indicted in a Manhattan federal court on charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine. At that time, the U.S. offered a $15 million reward for his capture, which was later increased to $25 million under the Biden administration.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil called the reward ‘pathetic’ and a ‘crude political propaganda operation.’ He even took a jab at Pam Bondi, accusing her of trying to distract from domestic controversies in the U.S., like the Jeffrey Epstein case.
