The United States has charged&nbsp;Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several top aides on Thursday for "narco-terrorism" and offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture.

Unveiling&nbsp;the indictment, the attorney general, William Barr, said the Venezuelan leadership collaborated with a dissident faction of the former Colombian guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, operating on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, which Barr described as an ''extremely violent terrorist organization''.

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''We estimate that somewhere between 200 and 250 metric tons of cocaine are shipped out of Venezuela by these routes,''&nbsp;Barr said. ''Those 250 metric tons equate to 30 million&nbsp;lethal doses.''

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"It's time to call out this regime for what it is," he added. "The Maduro regime is awash in corruption and criminality."

Alongside Maduro, Venezuela’s vice-president for the economy, Venezuela’s defence minister, and the supreme court’s chief justice are among the list of 15 current and former officials who have been indicted.

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The United States has charged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several top aides on Thursday for "narco-terrorism" and offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture.

The United States has charged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several top aides on Thursday for "narco-terrorism" and offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture. Unveiling the indictment, the attorney general, William Barr, said the Venezuelan leadership collaborated with a dissident faction of the former Colombian guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, operating on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, which Barr described as an ''extremely violent terrorist organization''. Also read: Man who orchestrated 3000 murders for drugs kingpin Pablo Escobar dies of stomach cancer ''We estimate that somewhere between 200 and 250 metric tons of cocaine are shipped out of Venezuela by these routes,'' Barr said. ''Those 250 metric tons equate to 30 million lethal doses.'' Also read: Indonesia: Even with strict preventive laws in place, people are brewing cannabis coffee "It's time to call out this regime for what it is," he added. "The Maduro regime is awash in corruption and criminality." Alongside Maduro, Venezuela’s vice-president for the economy, Venezuela’s defence minister, and the supreme court’s chief justice are among the list of 15 current and former officials who have been indicted. The Justice Department accused Maduro of leading a cocaine-trafficking gang called "The Cartel of the Suns" that shipped hundreds of tons of narcotics into the US over two decades, earning hundreds of millions of dollars.

US indicts Venezuelan President Maduro and other top leaders for drug trafficking

Ten people were killed Wednesday in a shootout between "presumed members of criminal groups" in Mexico's western state of Michoacan, the regional prosecutor's office said.

The clash that took place near the Arroyo Colorado neighbourhood of Uruapan municipality resulted in a preliminary toll of ten dead and at least four others wounded, the state prosecutor's office said.

Authorities said they found military-grade weapons, ammunition clips and bullets of various calibres at the shootout site.

Michoacan has long dealt with criminal violence, leading to the rise of self defence groups six years ago and the deployment of soldiers to the state in 2014.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/no-more-white-collar-theft-mexico-orders-end-to-corporate-tax-breaks-220257">Mexico</a> has seen a spike in deadly violence since the government deployed soldiers to crack down on drug trafficking cartels in 2006.

More than 250,000 people have been killed since then, although it remains unclear how many of those are linked to the war on drug cartels.

Ten people were killed Wednesday in a shootout between "presumed members of criminal groups" in Mexico's western state of Michoacan, the regional prosecutor's office said.

Ten people were killed Wednesday in a shootout between "presumed members of criminal groups" in Mexico's western state of Michoacan, the regional prosecutor's office said. The clash that took place near the Arroyo Colorado neighbourhood of Uruapan municipality resulted in a preliminary toll of ten dead and at least four others wounded, the state prosecutor's office said. Authorities said they found military-grade weapons, ammunition clips and bullets of various calibres at the shootout site. Michoacan has long dealt with criminal violence, leading to the rise of self defence groups six years ago and the deployment of soldiers to the state in 2014. Mexico has seen a spike in deadly violence since the government deployed soldiers to crack down on drug trafficking cartels in 2006. More than 250,000 people have been killed since then, although it remains unclear how many of those are linked to the war on drug cartels.

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