On 1 July 2017 , President Nicolás Maduro named González López general-in-chief of the Venezuelan army . In 2018 , González López allegedly faced scrutiny within the Maduro government following a drone attack targeting Maduro and the death of Fernando Albán Salazar , who died in SEBIN custody at the agency 's headquarters . He was subsequently replaced by Manuel Cristopher Figuera
drone attack targeting Maduro
Caracas drone attack
Gustavo González López