The United States announced yesterday that it accuses the Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro, and many of his associates of "drug-related terrorism," which reinforces pressure on the Venezuelan socialist president, who described the move as "market and miserable."
Commenting on the Washington announcement that he wants to remove him from office, Maduro said that "the (US President) Donald Trump's government, in a disgraceful, logical and miserable move, made false accusations." He added, “I say clearly: How miserable you are, Donald Trump. He not only acts like a racist cowboy who believes in the superiority of white race, but also manages international relations with blackmail. ”
Washington is offering a reward of up to $ 15 million for any information that would allow Maduro to be arrested. "We want to arrest him, so that he can be held accountable for his actions before an American court," said US Attorney General Bill Barr, at a press conference held due to the emerging Corona virus.
In response to a question whether the timing of this announcement was appropriate at the height of a health crisis, the Minister of Justice considered it "the best way to support the Venezuelan people", who, like a third of the world's population, was invited to stay at home, after confirming that about 100 people contracted Covid's disease - 19.
Bill Barr said: «Currently, we must do everything we can to rid the country of this corrupt gang.
But he refused to clarify whether the United States was considering intervening in Venezuela to arrest Maduro, or issuing a warrant for his extradition with the other accused. "There are several options, but I hope that the Venezuelan people will soon be in a position to hand him over to us," he said.
The Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Ariasa, saw yesterday that the accusation of Maduro and other Venezuelan officials of "terrorism linked to the drug trade" in the United States represents "a new form of coups, based on miserable and baseless accusations."
Washington also accused the president's second-in-command, Diosdado Capio, and a number of officers whom Washington suspects of forming the 1999 "Suns Cartel", in reference to badges placed on uniforms of officers in Venezuela.