On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told the Spanish-language news outlet Fox Noticias that the feds have already seized two multimillion-dollar private jets, a mansion in the Dominican Republic, a horse farm, cars, jewelry, and "multiple million-dollar homes in Florida."
"Yet his reign of terror continues... and his organized crime operation continues to function," Bondi said.
The Trump administration had accused Maduro of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers and working with cartels to flood the US with fentanyl-laced cocaine. Bondi claimed Maduro works with Tren de Aragua and Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel to "bring deadly drugs and violence into our country."
Bondi didn't provide details about where in Florida the seized homes are located. The U.S. Department of Justice declined to comment on where these properties are located in the Sunshine State.
This announcement comes days after the federal government doubled the bounty for the Venezuelan president to a record-setting $50 million for any information leading to his capture. In last week's press release, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Maduro has been leading the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns) for over a decade."¡Debe ser llevado a Estados Unidos para enfrentar la justicia!" La fiscal general de EE. UU., Pam Bondi, detalla los $700 millones en activos relacionados con Maduro que fueron incautados por Estados Unidos en una entrevista exclusiva con Fox Noticias. @RCamposDuffy @AGPamBondi pic.twitter.com/xFAHJBs4n4
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"Maduro is the head of the vicious Cartel de Los Soles, a narco-terror organization which has taken over Venezuela," he added on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "Maduro MUST be brought to justice."
Five years ago, during Trump's first presidency, Maduro, along with 14 current and former Venezuelan officials, was indicted in Manhattan federal court on narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and corruption charges.
“For more than 20 years, Maduro and a number of high-ranking colleagues allegedly conspired with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), causing tons of cocaine to enter and devastate American communities," then-Attorney General Anthony Barr said in a press release about the indictment. Today’s announcement is focused on rooting out the extensive corruption within the Venezuelan government – a system constructed and controlled to enrich those at the highest levels of the government."
The U.S. State Department initially offered $15 million for information that could lead to Maduro's arrest. The Biden administration then raised the bounty to $25 million.
"This is not a legitimate presidency," Bondi told Fox Noticias. "This is a narco-terrorist, and he must be brought to America to face justice."
