
US doubles reward for arrest of Venezuela’s President Maduro to $50m
US Attorney General Pam Bondi says Venezuelan president one of the world’s ‘largest narco-traffickers’.
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US Attorney General Pam Bondi says Venezuelan president one of the world’s ‘largest narco-traffickers’.
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Aug 7 (Reuters) – The United States has doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million over allegations of drug trafficking and links to criminal groups, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday.
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A reward for information leading to the capture of Maduro, who the US accuses of drug trafficking, has been doubled.
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