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First on Fox: The annual human rights report of the American State Department has carried out a dark evaluation of the conditions in Venezuela, declaring that human rights fell to a new fund following the reports of generalized violations and repression sanctioned by the State, in particular after the presidential election of July 2024 when Nicolás Maduro hung on to power.

“The human rights situation in Venezuela has worsened considerably,” said the report. “Throughout the year, and in particular after the presidential election of July 28 (2024), Nicolás Maduro and his representatives engaged in serious human rights violations, crossing a new stage in the degradation of the rule of law” after the elections, according to the international mission of the search for independent UN facts in September.

According to the latest report from the State Department, credible evidence indicates a spectacular escalation in arbitrary or illegal murders, disappearances, tortures and severe prison conditions. NGOs and UN observers have documented restrictions on freedom of expression, journalists and human rights defenders being confronted with arrests, harassment and censorship. The judiciary has remained deeply compromised – incapable or does not want to hold the perpetrators responsible for abuse.

AG Bondi offers $ 50 million for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

The president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and the first lady of the Cilia Flores paraded in a military vehicle during the celebrations of the independence day, in Caracas on July 5, 2025.

The annual human rights report of the US Department of State has provided a dark evaluation of conditions in Venezuela, declaring that human rights fell to a new lower following reports of generalized violations and repression sanctioned by the State, in particular after the presidential election of July 2024 where Nicolas Maduro clung to power. (Juan Barto / AFP via Getty Images)

The report noted that the international mission of the United Nations said that at least 25 people had been killed in the first days of the July 2024 elections, including two children.

Pro-maduro leaders “harassed and private and democratic intimidated on the opposition, television stations, the media and journalists” by threats, convulsions and prosecution.

The scanning report, which will become public on Tuesday afternoon, also calls Brazil and South America for human rights violations.

In a parallel diplomatic maneuver, the United States Ministry of Justice, supported by the State Department, considerably increased the reward for the capture of Maduro from 25 million to 50 million dollars. The Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Maduro of directing one of the most notorious Narco traffic operations in the world, including associations with the Tren of Aragua, the Sinaloa cartel and the infamous Cartel des Suns. The Drug Enforcement Administration would have grasped 30 tonnes of cocaine linked to Maduro and its allies, with nearly seven tonnes directly to it.

The president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro examines during a meeting with the

The report noted that the international mission of the United Nations said that at least 25 people had been killed in the first days of the July 2024 elections, including two children. (Carlos Becerra / Getty Images)

The United States accuses the Venezuelan regime of Narco-Terrorism on alliances with Tren of Aragua, Sinaloa Cartel

This canceled the previous award levels – $ 15 million initially set in Trump’s first mandate, then increased to $ 25 million under the Biden administration. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela rejected the premium as a “political propaganda operation”.

The report of the State Department highlights an alarming absence of credible efforts from the Venezuelan authorities to investigate or pursue managers of human rights violations. The security forces, including the military, the police and the colitivos – pro -Maduro armed groups – were involved several times in abuse, but the judicial system has remained ineffective, allowing a culture of impunity to flourish.

The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, shakes his hand with the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty during a photo opportunity before a meeting in the building of the American State Department on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC

The annual human rights report of the State Department specifically calls for Venezuela, Brazil, South Africa and more. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

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Maduro was charged in the Manhattan court in 2020, during the first Trump administration, on accusations of narco-terrorism.

Venezuelan chief Dictatorial retained power after the 2024 presidential election where the United States and a large part of Europe recognized his opposition as a duly elected president of Venezuela.

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