UK OFSI
Active- Programme
- Venezuela
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Stated grounds
- Deputy Director of the Directorate-General of Military Counter-Intelligence (Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)) since at least December 2018 and Division General of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army since 5 July 2019. Responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture, the use of excessive force and the mistreatment of detainees in DGCIM facilities that were committed by DGCIM officials under his command. Linked to the death of Captain Acosta.
- Source
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO)
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026