The administration is pursuing a policy aimed at controlling Venezuela’s oil trade and increasing its crude exports, and the country has seen a series of visits from US officials in recent weeks to advance this agenda, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who recently toured oil sites with Rodriguez.

Rodriguez has maintained that Maduro is the rightful president of Venezuela and is calling for his release, but she has obliged the US demands regarding Venezuela’s oil, demands that were made under the threat of another attack. According to a report from The Grayzone, a pro-opposition Venezuelan journalist has said that the US Department of Justice has crafted an indictment against Rodriguez to “hold over her head.”