The United States on Thursday doubled its bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro -- who faces federal drug trafficking charges and whose most recent election victory was not recognized by Washington -- to $50 million.

"Today, the Department of Justice and State Department are announcing a historic $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Nicolas Maduro," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a video on social media.

"He is one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world and a threat to our national security."

The previous bounty was set in January at $25 million.

In 2020, during President Donald Trump's first term in office, Maduro and other high-ranking Venezuelan officials were indicted in federal court in New York on several charges including participating i

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