Albán was taken into SEBIN custody after his arrest , and was said after his death to be a suspect for the Caracas drone attack that had occurred two months earlier . He was seen by lawyer Joel García on Sunday after his arrest on Friday , but was reported dead on Monday , 8 October . The government states that he took his own life by jumping from a tenth floor window either whilst he was waiting to be transferred ( Interior Minister Néstor Reverol 's account ) or whilst going to the bathroom ( Saab 's account ) at around midday . According to anonymous sources that Julio Borges says are official , Albán was dead before he was thrown out of a window . According to William Jiménez , former coordinator of national investigations of the Caracas morgue , the autopsy revealed that water was found in Albán 's lungs and Néstor Reverol ordered the report to be edited
Caracas drone attack
Caracas drone attack
Fernando Albán Salazar