Venezuelan President Maduro designated as Terrorist by the US, with $ 50 Million as Bounty.

The United States has formally designated Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a terrorist organisation leader and announced a record $50 million bounty for information leading to his capture. Venezuela has condemned the move as a pretext for foreign intervention.

The United States has designated Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a terrorist organisation leader and placed a $50 million bounty for information leading to his capture or conviction. The announcement, made on November 24, 2025, labels Maduro as the head of the “Cartel de los Soles” (Cartel of the Suns), which the US alleges is a major drug trafficking organization. This marks the highest such reward ever offered in American history.

The US State Department officially added Maduro to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists, with the designation published in the US government’s official gazette. A bulletin from the department states that the $50 million reward is for information that leads to “the arrest and/or conviction” of “Nicolas Maduro Moros, leader of the Cartel de los Soles”.

Reports from US media, suggest this move could precede further actions against Venezuela.

The Venezuelan government has vehemently rejected the US designation, denying the very existence of the “Cartel de los Soles”. In a statement published on its Foreign Ministry’s website, the Caracas government condemned the accusation as a “malicious lie” and an attempt to create a pretext for an illegal intervention in the country. The statement further accused the US of pursuing classic “regime change” plans and called on the Trump administration to abandon this “wrong and aggressive policy“.

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