Complex sentence: As a lieutenant in the military, he participated in an attempted 1992 coup, for which he spent time in jail, later becoming the General Director of the Venezuelan Telecommunication body "Conatel" under the 1999 presidency of Hugo Chávez.
Split into simpler sentences: As a lieutenant in the military, he participated in an attempted 1992 coup, for which he spent time in jail. He later became the General Director of the Venezuelan Telecommunication body "Conatel" under the 1999 presidency of Hugo Chávez.