{"id":2472218,"date":"2025-08-07T23:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondi-offers-50-million-for-information-leading-to-maduros-arrest\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:35:55","slug":"bondi-offers-50-million-for-information-leading-to-maduros-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondi-offers-50-million-for-information-leading-to-maduros-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Bondi offers $50 million for information leading to Maduro&#8217;s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbondi-offers-50-million-for-information-leading-to-maduros-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2472218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced a $50 million reward for details leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, who is accused of violating narcotics laws by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-accuses-biden-amin-of-aiding-drug-cartels\/\" title=\"Texas AG accuses Biden admin of aiding drug cartels\">aiding drug cartels<\/a> adn criminal gangs<\/a>. This reward doubles a previous $25 million offer made under the Biden administration and follows earlier charges filed in 2020 in New York federal court accusing Maduro of drug-trafficking.Bondi stated that Maduro collaborates with foreign terrorist organizations such as Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa cartel, and the Cartel of the Suns to bring violence to the United States. the Department of Justice has seized over 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and more than $700 million in assets.The announcement underscores Maduro&#8217;s role as a major narcotics trafficker and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threat<\/a>. The U.S. government also does not recognize Maduro&#8217;s claimed victory in Venezuela&#8217;s disputed 2024 presidential election, instead recognizing opposition candidate edmundo Gonzalez as the legitimate winner. Maduro faces multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-defend-protests-say-protection-around-capitol-building-was-inadequate\/\" title=\"Protesters defend protests, say protection around Capitol building was inadequate\">federal charges<\/a> including narco-terrorism conspiracy and posession of illegal weapons.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bondi offers $50 million for information leading to Nicolas Maduro&rsquo;s arrest<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2197288\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pam Bondi\">Pam Bondi<\/a> on Thursday offered $50 million for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Nicolas Maduro\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a>, who is accused of violating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"narcotics\">narcotics<\/a> laws by aiding drug cartels and street gangs.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice and the State Department announced in a joint statement that they would double the Biden administration&rsquo;s previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/nicolas-maduro-moros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"$25 million offer\">$25 million offer<\/a>. The prior administration first offered a $15 million reward in 2020, when Maduro was hit with multiple drug-trafficking charges in New York federal court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3494345\/ken-paxton-illinois-court-enforce-arrest-texas-democrats\/\">Paxton demands Illinois court enforce arrest of Democrats who left Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3494246\/paxton-investigation-soros-pac-funding-texas-democrats-fled\/\">Paxton targets Soros-backed PAC for allegedly funding Texas Democrats who left state<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3493843\/federal-judge-halts-alligator-alcatraz-construction-environmental-challenge\/\">Federal judge halts construction of &#8216;Alligator Alcatraz&#8217; over environmental challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Maduro uses foreign terrorist organizations like TdA [Tren de Aragua], Sinaloa, and Cartel of the Suns [Cartel de Soles] to bring deadly violence into our country,&rdquo; Bondi said in a video. &ldquo;He is one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world and a threat to our national security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheJusticeDept<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> are announcing a $50 MILLION REWARD for information leading to the arrest of Nicol&aacute;s Maduro. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D8LNqjS9yk\">pic.twitter.com\/D8LNqjS9yk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/1953583017353466306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-ag-seeks-to-grill-zuckerberg-on-metas-status-as-preferred-apps-for-human-traffickers\/\" title=\"Florida AG wants to question Zuckerberg about Meta&#039;s role as a top app for human traffickers.\">attorney general mentioned<\/a> the Drug Enforcement Administration has seized more than 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and his associates, and the DOJ has seized more than $700 million of the Venezuelan leader&rsquo;s assets. She also noted that cocaine &ldquo;is often laced with fentanyl,&rdquo; which has led to countless American deaths.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under President Donald Trump&rsquo;s leadership, Maduro will not escape justice, and he will be held accountable for his despicable crimes,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration also disputed Maduro&rsquo;s 2024 election victory, saying it doesn&rsquo;t recognize him as the South American country&rsquo;s rightful leader.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since 2020, Maduro has strangled democracy and grasped at power in Venezuela,&rdquo; Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. &ldquo;Maduro claimed to have won Venezuela&rsquo;s July 28, 2024, presidential election but failed to present any evidence that he had prevailed. The United States has refused to recognize Maduro as the winner of 2024 election and does not recognize him as the President of Venezuela.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3402723\/declassified-tren-de-aragua-memo-coordinating-venezuela-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"INTELLIGENCE MEMO DISPUTES TRUMP CLAIM THAT TREN DE ARAGUA IS COORDINATING WITH VENEZUELA\">INTELLIGENCE MEMO DISPUTES TRUMP CLAIM THAT TREN DE ARAGUA IS COORDINATING WITH VENEZUELA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the Biden administration, the United States recognized opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the president-elect of Venezuela months after the disputed election, saying he won the most votes. Critics of Maduro&rsquo;s regime argued that the Venezuelan election was stolen due to widespread voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro faces several federal charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy, conspiracy to import cocaine into the U.S., possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2197288\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2197288\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bondi offers $50M reward for info on Maduro&#8217;s arrest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2472219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maduro.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60537,5175,45543,14858,36612],"class_list":["post-2472218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-50-million","tag-arrest","tag-bondi","tag-bounty","tag-maduro"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maduro.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472222,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472218\/revisions\/2472222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}