Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- VEN0024
- OFSI group ID
- 13796
- 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
- Head (Director) of the Special Affairs Division (DAE) of the Directorate-General of Military Counterintelligence (Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)). Promoted to Colonel in July 2020. There are reasonable grounds to suspect that he is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture, excessive use of force causing death and injury and the ill-treatment of detainees in DGCIM facilities committed by himself and officials under his command. There are also, reasonable grounds to suspect he is involved in the repression of civil society by members of DGCIM under his command, as well as directly involved in such repression. In particular, he is linked to the death of Captain Acosta.
Other information
- The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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