US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom the US considers one of the world’s biggest drug dealers and a threat to national security. The US authorities have seized over $700 million in assets linked to him, including planes and cars, as part of an escalating campaign targeting drug trafficking networks allegedly run by Maduro. This move is part of renewed US pressure on Maduro alongside broad economic sanctions and refusal to recognize the legitimacy of his 2018 re-election.