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Washington offers $ 15 million for Maduro's head

2020-03-29T17:51:48.747Z


During the coronavirus crisis, the standoff between the United States and the President of Venezuela redoubled.


The corona virus crisis did not extinguish the conflict between the United States and Venezuela. Quite the contrary. US Attorney General William Barr on Thursday accused President Nicolas Maduro of having fomented a plan to flood the United States with cocaine in cooperation with dissident members of the Colombian Farc guerrillas, including Jose Sandrich and Ivan Marquez, who are currently on Venezuelan territory.

In fact, part of the cocaine produced in Colombia leaves by Venezuela, but the imports of cocaine in the United States pass mainly through the Pacific and leave directly from Colombia, Washington's great ally in the region.

Reward poster for the capture of Nicolas Maduro published by the United States Department of Justice on March 26. Department of Justice / AP

The head of Nicolas Maduro is nevertheless priced from now on, for 15 million dollars, as well as those of his Minister of Defense and that of the President of the Supreme Court. Other senior Venezuelan dignitaries are under threat from bounty hunters, this time for $ 10 million: Cliver

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Source: lefigaro

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