Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores face US federal indictments for narcotics trafficking and related offenses, the American attorney general revealed Saturday, hours after President Donald Trump proclaimed their apprehension by US troops in a bold cross-border raid.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi detailed the accusations on social media, stating: “Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York.”
She specified the counts against Maduro: “Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States.”
Bondi asserted the pair “will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” crediting Trump and the military for the operation.
The development follows Trump’s earlier declaration on his Truth Social network: “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country.”
It builds on a prior US bounty of $50 million for Maduro’s arrest, tied to allegations of funneling drugs into the United States, intensifying Washington’s longstanding campaign against the socialist regime amid sanctions and diplomatic isolation.
