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Tensions with Venezuela are further fueled by U.S. efforts to dismantle narcotrafficking networks and the recent sinking of a Venezuelan drug-running vessel, which resulted in 11 deaths. The Trump administration has also doubled the bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s head to $50 million, labeling him a narco kingpin and linking him to the terrorist organization Cartel de los, thus portraying his regime as a criminal enterprise rather than a legitimate government.