By Reuters
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has named army General Manuel Cristopher as the new chief of the Sebin intelligence agency, according to the Official Gazette circulating on Wednesday.
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His designation followed the death of opposition politician Fernando Alban in Sebin custody, which the government said was a suicide but opposition leaders called a murder.
(Reporting by Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas, writing by Brian Ellsworth)