Thug Venezuelan leader with $25M price on his head seen berating US earthquake rescue team
MIAMI — Venezuela’s dreaded interior minister Diosdado Cabello — who is a wanted by the US — has been slammed as a “thug” after videos showed him berating and hindering American rescuers in the country, as the death toll from last week’s twin earthquakes surged above 1,700.As the catastrophe entered its fifth day Monday, authorities in the South American country said 5,000 people had been injured and 23,000 were impacted by the staggering temblors.US officials have confirmed at least three Americans were killed in the twin 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude quakes that rocked the north of the country on Wednesday evening.A dozen US citizens are missing.US Marines and civilian search and rescue teams have deployed to help find survivors among the rubble.Members of the elite USA-01 team, who mobilized from Virginia, managed to pull a nine-month-old baby and her mother alive from a collapsed building after they were trapped under rubble for nearly three days.Despite their heroics, a viral video posted on social media showed Venezuela’s interior minister Diosdado Cabello shouting and waving his arms about at what appears to be a group of American rescuers.Cabello has a $25 million price on his head by from US authorities and is wanted on charges of narco-terrorism, cocaine importation and using and carrying machine guns.One frustrated hero can be seen pointing and replying to Cabello: “But there’s someone right over there that we’re trying to help.“You don’t want us to help them?”Rep.
Carlos A.Gimenez (R-Fla.), a former firefighter, called for US authorities to snatch Cabello after the outburst.“While the US increases its presence in #Venezuela, we should pick-up thug Diosdado Cabello and bring him to justice so he can stop impeding the distribution of aid to those impacted by the earthquake,” Gimenez commented on X in response to the video.Cabello has been accused by the US of leading the Cartel of the Suns drug trafficking network involving high r...