Mexico’s President Defends Venezuela’s Maduro Against U.S. Charges of Terrorism and Drug Trafficking
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has come to the defense of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro against U.S. charges of terrorism and drug trafficking.
Earlier this week, the U.S. issued a $50 million bounty onf Maduro over his role in the narco-terrorist group Cartel de los Soles.
Speaking at her morning press conference, Sheinbaum said Mexico has no active investigations linking Maduro to cartel activity within the country.
“As we always have said, if they have any proof, then they must show it,” she said.
“We have no proof related to that.”
La encargada de despacho de AMLO, @Claudiashein ,defendió
al terrorista, Nicolás Maduro, ante el repudio mundial, en 2024.Prevalece su complicidad por asociación con cárteles.
Los mexicanos de bien reprobamos el apoyo de Sheinbaum a Maduro, porque es inhumano e indigno. pic.twitter.com/yZAsM4dnmt
— Lilly Téllez (@LillyTellez) August 10, 2025
Sheinbaum is a natural left-wing ally of Maduro, who has overseen Venezuela’s transformation from a thriving capitalist democracy to a socialist dictatorship and South America’s most notorious failed state.
Es una vergüenza que por la ideología rojilla de Sheinbaum, el gobierno de México guarde silencio ante el narcoterrorista de Nicolás Maduro.
Callar frente a dictaduras es complicidad. pic.twitter.com/3FGbe6uHQH— Avi (@avieu) August 10, 2025
In a press release on Thursday, the Department of Justice doubled their previous bounty of $25 million to $50 million.
Their announcement states:
For over a decade, Maduro has been a leader of Cartel de los Soles, which is responsible for trafficking drugs into the United States.
On July 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Cartel de Los Soles as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).
Since 2020, Maduro has strangled democracy and grasped at power in Venezuela. Maduro claimed to have won Venezuela’s July 28, 2024, presidential election but failed to present any evidence that he had prevailed.
The United States has refused to recognize Maduro as the winner of 2024 election and does not recognize him as the President of Venezuela.
Sheinbaum, meanwhile, is notorious for her willingness to defend criminal organizations.
On Friday, she accused the U.S. of planning an “invasion” of her countyr over reports that Trump may be willing to authorize military force against Mexican drug cartels.
“We cooperate, collaborate, but there will be no invasion,” she said of the reports.
“That is off the table, absolutely off the table.”
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