Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro sued by the United States for drug trafficking

The American justice accuses Nicolas Maduro of having allied with the Colombian guerrillas of the FARC for, "to flood the United States of cocaine". REUTERS / Fausto Torrealba

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The United States is offering $ 15 million for any information that may allow the Venezuelan President to be captured. A bonus offered by the US Department of the Treasury which accuses Nicolas Maduro and several members of his government of "narcoterrorism".

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With our correspondent at Caracas , Benjamin Delille

In the midst of a Coronavirus pandemic , the United States indicted President Nicolas Maduro and several of his relatives for "drug trafficking" and put his head at a price of 15 million dollars (13.5 million euros approximately). This announcement from Washington is a big blow for Venezuela.

An unworthy attack according to Jorge Arreaza, Minister for Foreign Affairs. " The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounces, in the midst of the confrontation of humanity against the fiercest of pandemics, yet another attack by the government of Donald Trump on the people of Venezuela, through a new form of coup on the basis for miserable accusations , "he said.

American justice accuses Nicolas Maduro of having allied with the Colombian guerrillas of the FARC to " flood the United States with cocaine ." It is for this reason that it offers a bonus for arresting the Venezuelan president. " Offering rewards like racist cowboys in the Wild West did shows the desperation of Washington's supremacist elite and their obsession with Venezuela, " said Jorge Arreaza.

Venezuela helpless against coronavirus

This announcement by Washington destroys all hopes of the Venezuelan government to see the lifting of economic sanctions against him. After seven years of economic crisis , the country is totally helpless to cope with the coronavirus, and the situation looks dire if Venezuela does not receive major international aid.

Venezuela currently has one death and 107 cases of Covid-19 diagnosed.

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