{"id":240155,"date":"2025-08-14T03:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=240155"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:27:33","slug":"us-seizes-maduro-mansion-in-cap-cana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/14\/us-seizes-maduro-mansion-in-cap-cana\/","title":{"rendered":"US seizes Maduro mansion in Cap Cana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villa-en-Cap-Cana-de-Nicolas-Maduro-Diario-Libre-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240230\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villa-en-Cap-Cana-de-Nicolas-Maduro-Diario-Libre-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villa-en-Cap-Cana-de-Nicolas-Maduro-Diario-Libre-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villa-en-Cap-Cana-de-Nicolas-Maduro-Diario-Libre-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villa-en-Cap-Cana-de-Nicolas-Maduro-Diario-Libre-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Villa-en-Cap-Cana-de-Nicolas-Maduro-Diario-Libre.png 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States government has seized an oceanfront mansion in the Dominican Republic reportedly linked to Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, as part of a broader asset forfeiture operation totaling more than US$700 million, Diario Libre reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property, known as Villa La Caracola, is located in the upscale Cap Cana resort area in the eastern Punta Cana tourism area. As reported, the location was confirmed to Fox News by US Special Prosecutor Pamela Bondi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US government has established a bounty of US$50 million for information that would lead to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported, the Cap Cana property is one of 3,000 square meters of living space on a 6,000-square-meter lot. The mansion boasts nine bedrooms \u2014each with its own en-suite bathroom and private terrace\u2014 as well as ten bathrooms, a formal dining room, a gourmet kitchen, multiple terraces, a palapa, and an infinity-edge pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The home\u2019s standout features include two primary suites with balconies overlooking the Caribbean Sea, a semi-covered bar, a gazebo, and expansive dining and living areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exclusive Cap Cana community also offers high-end amenities such as a helipad, restaurants, shops, gyms, spas, cycling paths, a church, and 24-hour security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diario Libre reports that images of the estate have been largely scrubbed from the internet, with only a few low-resolution photos circulating \u2014 most notably an aerial view that has been widely shared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/nacional\/2025\/08\/13\/asi-es-la-lujosa-mansion-le-habria-sido-incautada-a-nicolas-maduro\/3212746\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/ee-uu-confisca-a-maduro-una-mansion-en-rd-y-mas-de-700-millones-de-dolares\/\">El Dia<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/elcomercio.pe\/mundo\/latinoamerica\/cilia-flores-nicolas-maduro-punta-cana-republica-dominicana-villa-caracola-mira-lujosa-mansion-18-millones-dolares-esposa-samark-lopez-fotos-video-youtube-noticia-635280-noticia\/\">El Comercio <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 August 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States government has seized an oceanfront mansion in the Dominican Republic reportedly linked to Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, as part of a broader asset forfeiture operation totaling more than US$700 million, Diario Libre reports. The property, known as Villa La Caracola, is located in the upscale Cap Cana resort area in the eastern &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/14\/us-seizes-maduro-mansion-in-cap-cana\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240155"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240232,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240155\/revisions\/240232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}