Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- VEN0025
- OFSI group ID
- 13797
- 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
- Second-in-Command and Chief of the General Staff of 35 Military Police Brigade and former DGCIM’s Director of Investigations. Former Director of Investigations at the Directorate- General of Military Counterintelligence (Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)) from at least April 2019 to August 2019. Believed to currently hold a role in the DGCIM Capital Region. As Head of Investigations, he supervised the DGCIM facility in Boleita. There are reasonable grounds to suspect that he is involved in the commission of serious human rights violations, including torture, excessive use of force and the ill-treatment of detainees committed by him and also by officials under his command, particularly in Boleita. Linked to the death of Captain Acosta.
Other information
- The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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