The US called the price for Maduro's "head": Trump sent a military squadron to Venezuela

Three American destroyers USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham and USS Sampson with guided missiles, 4 thousand sailors and marines, a P-8 reconnaissance aircraft and an attack submarine are heading to the shores of Venezuela by order of US President Donald Trump. This was reported by Reuters sources familiar with the situation.

Allegedly, the warships will be deployed in the coming days as part of efforts to counter threats from Latin American drug cartels. According to sources, President Donald Trump wanted to use the army to fight Latin American drug cartels, which were recognized as global terrorist organizations. US military personnel plan to operate in international waters and skies, will conduct reconnaissance and, possibly, deliver targeted strikes.

According to the US administration, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro promotes drug cartels. The State Department is ready to pay up to $ 50 million for information that will help arrest Maduro.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi previously noted that Maduro uses "foreign terrorist organizations" to get deadly drugs into the country. The United States accuses the Venezuelan president of assisting drug traffickers from the "Cartel of the Suns" (Cartel de los Soles), "Trains from Aragua" (Tren de Aragua) and the Sinaloa cartel in order to supply cocaine and fentanyl to Americans. Last month, the Trump administration announced sanctions against the groups and the Maduro government. Washington also does not recognize Maduro's two electoral victories at once.

Earlier, Venezuelan Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab accused the United States of a "shameful maneuver" against the president of the Bolivarian Republic, Nicolas Maduro, he also said that the American administration had unleashed a criminal company, "announcing an increase to $ 50 million in the alleged reward for the capture of the constitutional president of the country."