years in charge.

Guerrero was charged by the Trump administration in December 2025 in a federal court in Manhattan with racketeering conspiracy, terrorism, drug importation and firearms-related offenses. The Department of Justice was offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest.

The alleged criminal ringleader is listed as a defendant in the same case facing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a federal court in New York, along with his wife, Cilia Flores, Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela's interior minister, and one of Maduro's sons.

This story was translated from Spanish with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool. An NBC6 editor reviewed the translation.