Venezuela Defense Minister in TV Reuters / Venezuelan TV TV The Minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, went to TV on Friday (8) to counter United States accusations against the president of the country, Nicolás Maduro. One day after the Trump government doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest or conviction to $ 50,000, the Venezuelan Armed Forces commander called the statements made by the state and justice departments as “fools”. ✅ Click here to follow the G1 international news channel on WhatsApp Vladimir Padrino Lopez also had a reward set by the US for information about him, as well as Diosdado Cabello Rondón, Interior Minister, Justice and Peace. For Lopez, the American offers, and represent an interference that violates international law and the principle of self -determination, are “fantasy,” fantasy, “fantasy,” illegal and desperate, the best Hollywood western style. ” “US government cynicism has no limits, they want to give us lessons of democracy when their own government systematically disrespects their own laws, ruling arbitrary and capriciously,” he criticized. In the statement that announced the decision of the US government, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, accused Maduro of being the leader of the Los Soles cartel for over a decade. Attorney General Pam Bondi said he also collaborates with other criminal groups, such as Aragua’s Tren and the Cartel de Sinaloa. In addition to denying the accusations and reaffirming the support of the Armed Forces to the Venezuelan President, the minister said the government “maintains a frontal fight against drug trafficking” and listed actions. He pinned the United States by saying that the country is that it has a “decaying society, where thousands die daily because of the consumption of psychotropic drugs” and without help due to the “private and exclusionary health system.” “We will not rest or spare efforts to dismantle the narrative that the US government uses on this topic as a political weapon. We are neither blackmailed nor accept uthemates of foreign powers,” he said. Read also: US reward for Maduro surpasses that offered by bin Laden after September 11 attacks trump gave a secret order to use military force against cartels in Latin America, says newspaper reward for Maduro doubled on Thursday (7) Trump government increases to $ 50 million reward for capturing Nicolás Maduro the United States raised to $ 50 million (about $ 270 million) the reward for information that leads to prison or conviction or conviction. From Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, this Thursday (7). In early January, still under the government of Joe Biden, the US released a poster with Maduro’s photo, offering a reward of $ 25 million. However, on Thursday, Pam Bondi stated that the value was doubled by Maduro to represent a threat to national security in the United States. “The departments of justice and state announce a historical reward of $ 50 million for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro. He uses foreign terrorist organizations to bring lethal drugs and violence to our country,” he said. According to the US Department of Justice, the Venezuelan President is accused of involvement in conspiracy with narcoterrorism, drug trafficking, cocaine import and weapons use in support of trafficking -related crimes. Bondi reported that the United States has seized more than $ 700 million in Venezuelan assets, including two private jets and nine vehicles. Also according to the Attorney General, the authorities intercepted 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and its allies-almost 7 tons directly related to the president. Part of this drug would be mixed with Fentanil, she said.
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Venezuela rebounds USA and calls $ 50 million reward for Maduro ‘illegal and desperate’
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