Trump has just put a £37 million bounty on man you've probably never heard of

President Donald Trump and his team have placed a hefty bounty on the leader of a certain South American country in a bombshell announcement to the nation.

The US President has not been shy in making bold moves since coming back into office this year, with his move to impose tariffs on most countries around the world coming under a particular amount of blacklash.

Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin also haven't been seeing eye-to-eye as much as they have in the past, partly due to the war in Ukraine, though the pair are set to meet next week.

He's also made a crime one of his focus points after sending 250 Venezuelan men who were allegedly linked with illegal activities to an El Salvador prison.

Now, the Trump Administration have placed a $50 million (£37 million) bounty on the head of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

In an announcement uploaded to X last night (7 August), Attorney General Pam Bondi said that they were offering the reward to anyone who could provide 'information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro'.

“Maduro uses foreign terrorist organisations like TDA [Tren de Aragua], Sinaloa and Cartel of the Suns to bring deadly drugs and violence into our country,” she claimed.

Adding that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has seized 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and his team, with seven of those tons linked to the leader himself.

Today, @TheJusticeDept and @StateDept are announcing a $50 MILLION REWARD for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro. pic.twitter.com/D8LNqjS9yk

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) August 7, 2025

Bondi said that this operation was a 'primary source of income' for the 'deadly' gangs based in Mexico and Venezuela.

She went on: "Cocaine is often laced with fentanyl, resulting in the loss and destruction of countless American lives."

The bounty for Maduro was raised to $25 million by the Biden Administration earlier this year, before Trump's team doubled that on Thursday.

Bondi further claimed that the Department of Justice 'has seized over $700 million of Maduro linked assets', which included nine vehicles and two private jets.

"Yet Maduro’s reign of terror continues," the Attorney General said, adding: “He is one of the largest narco traffickers in the world, and a threat to our national security.”

Bondi further stated that with the president's leadership, the dictator will be brought to justice, and that he 'will be held accountable for his despicable crimes'.

Maduro was handed a number of federal charged in the Southern District of New York back in March 2020, which were related to drug trafficking efforts.

This included conspiracy to import cocaine, narco-terrorism, and conspiracy to possess destructive devices and machine guns.

Back then, the Trump administration placed a reward of just $15 million for his capture, years before the latest update.