"We are offering up to $ 5 million each for information leading to the arrest and / or conviction of two indicted former Venezuelan government officials," Pompeo wrote on Twitter.

 In 2015, Motta became President of Venezuela's National Electricity Corporation Corpoelec, later that year he became Minister of Electricity.

Lugo Gomez was Vice Minister of Finance at the Ministry and Director of Procurement at Corpoelec.

In June 2017, a Florida court indicted both of them for money laundering.

Earlier, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that Caracas will be able to resist any winner of the upcoming US presidential elections.