Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional SEBIN
Seal of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service
Flag of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Intelligence agency overview
Formed
June 2, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-06-02)
Preceding Intelligence agency
DISIP
Headquarters
Plaza Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela[1]
Employees
Classified
Annual budget
$169 million (2013)[2]
Intelligence agency executives
Delcy Rodríguez
Gustavo González López
Parent department
Vice President of Venezuela
The Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Spanish: Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional, SEBIN) is the premier intelligence agency in Venezuela. SEBIN is an internal security force subordinate to the Vice President of Venezuela since 2012 and is dependent on Vice President Delcy Rodríguez.[3] SEBIN has been described as the political police force of the Bolivarian government.[4][5][6]
^Krygier, Rachelle; Partlow, Joshua (June 24, 2017). "In Venezuela, prisoners say abuse is so bad they are forced to eat pasta mixed with excrement". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 26, 2017. The headquarters of the Venezuelan intelligence service is a vast pyramid-shaped edifice known as the Helicoide, a former shopping mall which now functions as an interrogation pen for political prisoners and protesters.
^"SERVICIO BOLIVARIANO DE INTELIGENCIA NACIONAL SEBIN - Memoria 2013" (PDF). Vicepresidencia de la República. 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^"Con su nuevo cargo, Delcy Rodríguez será la responsable del Sebin". La Patilla] (in European Spanish). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
^* "REPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES AND THE PANEL OF INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS ON THE POSSIBLE COMMISSION OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN VENEZUELA" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States. May 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018. The Bolivarian National Intelligence Service are the political police of the Bolivarian Government.
Ross, Clifton (2016). Home from the Dark Side of Utopia: A Journey through American Revolutions. Oakland, CA: AK Press. ... SEBIN (Bolivarian secret police) ...
Lares, Fermin (2015). The Chavismo Files. Page Publishing, Incorporated. ISBN 9781682138434. ... Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional (Bolivarian Intelligence Service) (SEBIN), the political police of the regime.
POLITICAL PERSECUTION IN VENEZUELA(PDF). Center for Justice and Peace (CEPAZ). June 2015. p. 64. Retrieved 11 August 2018. The body of research commissioned for the cases is the political police, the SEBIN ...
Trinkunas, Harold (20 February 2014). "Toward a Peaceful Solution for Venezuela's Crisis". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 11 August 2018. Already, this has allowed journalists to identify SEBIN agents by name ... and it has led President Maduro to fire the head of the political police
"Confusion swirls around Venezuelan prison revolt where US. citizen is detained". The Miami Herald. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-08. Political police officers from SEBIN ...
Cristóbal Nagel, Juan (16 October 2015). "Venezuela's Other Political Prisoners". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2018-08-08. Venezuela's political police, the SEBIN, ...
"TalCual: Sebin Rules in Venezuela". Latin American Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2018-08-08. The use of the civil justice system to repress dissent seems not to be working as well as it should for the Government anymore and for that reason Sebin, Venezuela's political police force, is trying to get the control of the courts of justice by forcing some of their judges to comply with its orders.
"'Please Help Me!' American Caught In Venezuelan Prison Riot Pleads On Video". NPR. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-08. ... Venezuelan political police headquarters, SEBIN, ...
Márquez, Humberto (7 March 2014). "Gun Violence Darkens Political Unrest in Venezuela". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 2018-08-08. Agents of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN, the political police) were present ...
"El Sebin, la policía secreta que solo responde a Nicolás Maduro". La República (in Spanish). 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-08. El Sebin, la policía secreta que solo responde a Nicolás Maduro (The Sebin, the secret police that only responds to Nicolás Maduro)
"El accionar de la temible policía secreta chavista - Edicion Impresa". ABC Color (in European Spanish). 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2018-08-08. El Sebin, policía secreta del régimen chavista (The Sebin, the secret police of the chavista regime)
^OAS (2009-08-01). "OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development". www.oas.org. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
^"OAS says Venezuela is the region's top priority". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
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