FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores flash victory signs as they arrive to the National Assembly for the annual presidential address, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 15, 2024. As the July 28 presidential election nears, Venezuelan government keeps arresting opponents allegedly tied to criminal plots. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
FILE - Human rights attorney Rocío San Miguel, who leads a private organization focused on national security and defense issues, speaks during a conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 14, 2011. San Miguel is among the dozens of people taken into custody over accusations stemming from alleged plots against President Nicolas Maduro and his inner circle. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
FILE - A protester holds up a sign with a message that reads in Spanish "CPI (International Criminal Court) when will you speak out? Demand the release of all human rights defenders!", on the sidelines of a press conference about the previous week's detention of human rights lawyer and activist Rocio San Miguel, in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 14, 2024. As the July 28 presidential election nears, Venezuelan government keeps arresting opponents allegedly tied to criminal plots. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
FILE - Opposition presidential hopeful Maria Corina Machado takes part in a press conference accompanied by her national coordinator Henry Alviarez, second from right, and political coordinator Dignora Hernández, right, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 6, 2023. Venezuela's attorney general announced on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 that Alviarez and Hernández were arrested, accused of working in a criminal plot against the government. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
FILE - General Attorney Tarek William Saab stands over items he presents as evidence related to the arrest of human rights lawyer and activist Rocío San Miguel, accused of allegedly plotting to kill President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 19, 2024. San Miguel is among the dozens of people taken into custody earlier in 2024 over accusations stemming from alleged plots against Maduro and his inner circle. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters at an event commemorating a 2004 speech by late President Hugo Chavez that is considered a key anti-imperialist moment by his supporters in the history of his Bolivarian Revolution, in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb 29, 2024. Maduro became interim president in March 2013 after the death of leader Hugo Chávez. He narrowly won election a few months later and was re-elected in 2018. He is seeking a third six-year term in the upcoming elections in July. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks during a press conference regarding the arrest order for her campaign manager and eight other opposition members for alleged involvement in a conspiracy plot to destabilize the government, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Machado defended her staff, stressing that all allegations against them are false. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Opposition leader María Corina Machado arrives at her headquarters in order to give a press conference regarding the arrest order for her campaign manager and eight other opposition members for alleged involvement in a conspiracy plot to destabilize the government, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Machado has been disqualified from holding public office for 15 years but has continued to campaign for president ahead of the July 28 elections. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
FILE - Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab speaks during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, March 25, 2023. Saab on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, accused nine members of the opposition of being part of a “destabilizing” plot that included demonstrations, a media campaign and plans to attack military barracks. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)