Manuel Cristopher Figuera

Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera is the former director of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and former major general of the Venezuelan army.

Early life Christopher Figuera was born on 8 November 1963 in Punta de Mata, Monagas, Venezuela. In an interview with The Washington Post, he gave declarations on illicit gold deals by the Maduro administration, on Hezbollah cells in Venezuela and on the extent of Cuban influence in the military. The US Treasury Department says the security officials are responsible for torture, human rights abuses, and extrajudicial killings. The US Treasury Department press release said the action demonstrated that "removal of sanctions may be available for designated persons who take concrete and meaningful actions to restore democratic order, refuse to take part in human rights abuses, speak out against abuses committed by the illegitimate Maduro regime, or combat corruption in Venezuela".