U.S. Vice President JD Vance says Venezuela’s Maduro faces federal drug charges, asserting no leader is above U.S. law.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has declared that no world leader, including Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, is immune to U.S. justice for drug trafficking, stating Maduro faces federal charges for narcoterrorism and that sovereignty offers no protection. In a series of tweets, Vance emphasized that Maduro’s arrest—dressed in a jogging suit and detained in a military setting—proves former President Trump’s warnings were serious, following repeated offers to resolve the crisis by ending drug trafficking and returning stolen oil. The remarks signal a hardline U.S. policy shift toward holding foreign leaders accountable for crimes harming American interests, particularly drug-related violence and economic theft.