The United States government, under President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, has doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50 million. This increase from the previous $25 million bounty marks the highest reward ever offered by the U.S., surpassing those for other notorious figures including Osama bin Laden. The U.S. accuses Maduro of being one of the world's largest drug traffickers, with alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel and the Tren de Aragua criminal organization. The Department of Justice and the State Department described Maduro as a threat to U.S. national security and linked him to extensive narcotics trafficking operations, including cocaine shipments into the United States. The announcement followed Washington's restoration of a key oil license that could bolster Maduro's embattled regime. The Venezuelan government and officials, including Foreign Minister Yván Gil and Attorney General Tarek William Saab, have condemned the reward as a "pathetic," "grotesque," and "infamous" political maneuver, dismissing it as propaganda. Opposition leader María Corina Machado supported the U.S. decision, while Vice President Delcy Rodríguez rejected it as an attempt to criminalize Maduro's leadership. The increased bounty places Maduro at the top of the U.S. most-wanted list, overtaking other terrorist and narcotics leaders historically targeted by the United States.