UKSL Sanctions designation

Rafael Antonio Franco Quintero

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
VEN0023
OFSI group ID
13795
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Agent in the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). Head of Investigations at the Directorate-General of Military Counter-Intelligence (Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)) between at least 2017 and December 2018. Responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture, excessive use of force and the ill- treatment of detainees in DGCIM facilities by members of the DGCIM under his command. Also responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition by members of the DGCIM under his command. Linked to the death of Captain Acosta.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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