US reward for Nicolás Maduro: 50 million dollars

The United States has increased the reward it is offering for any information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela. The US giant is offering 50 million euros to anyone who provides conclusive information that could help arrest the Venezuelan leader.

The United States accused Nicolás Maduro of alleged crimes of corruption, drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, and the Venezuelan leader is considered one of the greatest enemies of the US.

The Venezuelan government considers the new reward offered to help arrest the president to be ‘pathetic’ and pure ‘political propaganda’, as indicated by Foreign Minister Yvan Gil.

During Donald Trump's first term in office, the US Department of Justice stated that Nicolás Maduro had collaborated with the insurgent group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) ‘to use cocaine as a weapon to 'flood' the United States’.

For this reason, in March 2020, it offered a reward of 15 million dollars for any information leading to his capture. And in January this year, when Nicolás Maduro won the last elections and took office as Venezuelan president amid allegations of electoral fraud, Washington increased the reward to 25 million dollars.

Now, during Donald Trump's second term, this figure has risen to 50 million euros, according to Pam Bondi, the US attorney general.

In a video posted on social media, Pam Bondi accused Nicolás Maduro of coordinating with groups such as the Tren de Aragua (a Venezuelan criminal organisation declared a terrorist organisation by the Trump administration) and the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, which has been linked to drug trafficking.

Today, @TheJusticeDept and @StateDept are announcing a $50 MILLION REWARD for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro. pic.twitter.com/D8LNqjS9yk

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) August 7, 2025

The attorney general said that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had ‘seized 30 tonnes of cocaine linked to Maduro and his associates, with almost seven tonnes linked to the Venezuelan president’.

Nicolás Maduro had previously rejected Washington's claims about his direct involvement in drug trafficking.

This continues the political acrimony between the US and Venezuelan governments, irreconcilable political enemies, especially given the intense US efforts to isolate the leftist Bolivarian regime of Nicolás Maduro, heir to the previous regime led with an iron fist by Hugo Chávez.