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The Directory of National Security (Spanish: Dirección de Seguridad Nacional, abbreviated as DSN) was the secret police of Venezuela from 1938 until is disestablishment in 1958.

History

The Directory of National Security was established in 1938 in Venezuela. The Seguridad Nacional was active during the presidencies of Eleazar López Contreras, Isaías Medina Angarita, Rómulo Betancourt, Rómulo Gallegos, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Germán Suárez Flamerich, and most notably, Marcos Pérez Jiménez. The purpose of the Seguridad Nacional was to investigate, arrest, torture, or assassinate political opponents to the Venezuelan government. From 1951 until 1953, the Seguridad Nacional operated a prison camp on Guasina Island [es], a forced labour camp.

The Seguridad Nacional was abolished following the overthrow of Pérez Jiménez on 23 January 1958. Outraged citizens raided the DSN headquarters after Pérez Jiménez's removal, with some mobs killing DSN members throughout Venezuela and releasing prisoners from their custody.

See also

• Bolivarian Intelligence Service
• List of historical secret police organizations

References

1. ^ Ramírez Delgado, María (11 February 2021). "El Miedo que nos Enseñó la Seguridad Nacional. A Propósito del 23 de Enero" [The Fear National Security Taught Us. About 23 January]. Fundacionciev (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
2. Damiano, Daniela (30 November 2015). "La Dictadura de Pérez Jiménez no Hizo de Venezuela una Potencia" [The Pérez Jiménez Dictatorship did not make Venezuela a Power]. Amnistia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
3. ^ Myers, David J. (1 January 2003). "The Institutions of Intelligence in Venezuela: Lessons from 45 Years of Democracy". Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 33 (1). Stockholm University Press: 85. doi:10.16993/ibero.164. ISSN 2002-4509.
4. López F., Carlos Eduardo (4 December 2016). "#MemoriaFotográfica: A la Caza de la Seguridad Nacional" [# PhotoMemory: Hunting for National Security]. El Impulso (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

• Laws of the Directory of National Security – 1938

• Defunct law enforcement agencies of Venezuela
• Government agencies established in 1938
• 1938 establishments in Venezuela
• Government agencies disestablished in 1958
• 1958 disestablishments in Venezuela
• Secret police