Venezuelan Ex-Governor Dies in Intelligence Police Prison

A former Venezuelan governor has died while being held in one of the intelligence police’s prisons in Caracas for more than a year.

Alfredo Díaz, 56, was found dead in his jail cell at the Helicoide prison on Saturday morning, according to Caracas-based human rights organization Foro Penal, which said via text message that he may have suffered a heart attack.