Huge $25MILLION reward offered for capture of Maduro's right-hand man as Trump sets his sights on 'cocaine lord' pumping drugs into America
The US Department of State has issued a 'wanted' poster for Diosdado Cabello Rondón, 62, who is Venezuela's Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace.
Donald Trump's administration is offering a $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro's right-hand man, Diosdado Cabello Rondón.
The US Department of State has issued a 'wanted' poster for the alleged cocaine kingpin, who is currently Venezuela's Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace.
He is accused by the US government of being part of a 'corrupt and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy comprised of high-ranking Venezuelan officials.'
The 62-year-old official controls the security forces which have been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including killing civilians, sexually abusing girls and women, and planting evidence and weapons on innocent people.
Cabello Rondón also allegedly coordinated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a terrorist organization, to funnel cocaine into the US, according to the wanted poster.
The litany of allegations leveled against him include the provision of heavily-armed security guards to protect cocaine shipments traveling from South to North America, and selling cocaine to drug traffickers in exchange for millions of dollars.
He is also accused of interfering with drug-trafficking investigations and pending criminal cases in Venezuela, and helping provide the FARC with weapons, including machine guns, ammunition, rocket launchers, and explosives equipment.
Cabello Rondón was charged March 2020 in a Southern District of New York federal indictment with conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, and associated firearms charges, initially with a $10 million reward.
The US Department of State has issued an urgent 'wanted' poster, shown above, for Cabello Rondón, 62, who is Venezuela's Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace
Cabello Rondón is accused by the US government of being part of a 'corrupt and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy comprised of high-ranking Venezuelan officials'
This was increased to $25 million on Saturday, one week after US troops captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their compound in Caracas.
They were each charged with drug trafficking offenses and await trial in Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center in New York City. They have pleaded not guilty.