- Programme
- Venezuela
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 28 March 2018 on measures against Venezuela (RS 946.231.178.5), art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travelban)
- Stated grounds
- Deputy Director of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) since 2021. SEBIN Officials under his supervision have committed acts of arbitrary detention, torture and cruel and inhuman treatment, including sexual violence, in “El Helicoide” detention centre, a SEBIN prison. As Deputy Director of SEBIN Miguel Antonio Muñoz Palacios is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, inhuman and degrading treatment, torture, and the repression of civil society and the democratic opposition in Venezuela.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026