Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday offered $50 million for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro , who is accused of violating narcotics laws by aiding drug cartels and street gangs.

The Department of Justice and the State Department announced in a joint statement that they would double the Biden administration's previous $25 million offer . 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.

"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," Bondi said in a video. "He is one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world and a

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