The Trump administration has doubled the U.S. reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50 million, accusing him of being a top global narco-trafficker who works with cartels to smuggle fentanyl-laced cocaine into the U.S.

Axar.az, citing AP, reports that Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro will be held accountable for his crimes.

Maduro was indicted in 2020 on narco-terrorism and cocaine import conspiracy charges, with earlier bounties set at $15 million under Trump and $25 million under Biden.

Despite international condemnation of his 2024 re-election as fraudulent, Maduro remains in power.

The reward increase follows a recent prisoner swap between the U.S. and Venezuela, and a U.S. decision to allow Chevron to resume drilling in the country. Bondi said $700 million in assets linked to Maduro have been seized, along with nearly 7 tons of cocaine traced to him. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil dismissed the move as “pathetic” political propaganda.