- 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
- Director of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). He was appointed by Nicolás Maduro in that function on 14 October 2024. The SEBIN has been involved in serious human rights violations, such as extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and the repression of the democratic opposition in Venezuela. As director of the SEBIN, Alexis José Rodríguez Cabello is responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses, and repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Venezuela.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026