Maduro's arrest and indictment echo a case the U.S. brought more than 30 years ago against Panama's leader, Manuel Noriega.

The Trump administration has for months resisted a court's orders to detail the status of the Venezuela plaintiffs, who were deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT prison.

Maduro, captured by U.S. troops during a military raid in Caracas, was arraigned Monday in the Southern District of New York.

Smith, a former career federal prosecutor who led the special counsel probe into Trump prior to his reelection, testified last month for eight hours.