Maduro appoints new heads for Sebin and Dgcim: who are they?

Writing The National

Nicolas Maduro designated Monday, October 14 new heads for the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) and the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim), two organizations that have been described by human rights organizations as part of the “repressive machinery of the State.”

The changes in the state security organizations occurred a day after Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado urged her country’s military forces to defend the results of the July 28 presidential elections in which the opposition takes credit. the victory.

Who is the new head of Sebin?

Maduro appointed Major General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello as the new head of Sebinreplacing Iván Hernández Dala.

Rodríguez Cabello, who graduated from the Venezuelan Military Academy in 1987 and retired in 2020, was appointed last year by the Venezuelan president as the sole authority of Guayana Esequiba and had previously been designated vice president of the supervisory board of the state-owned Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG)after a corruption scandal in CVG and Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa).

In addition, he was a deputy to the National Assembly (AN) with a pro-government majority for the state of Bolívar; president of the Permanent Commission of Comptrollership of the AN, and liaison of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) for the state of Bolívar.

Between 2019 and 2020 he held the position of general commander of the Venezuelan Army. And previously, from 2017 to 2019, he was commander of the Capital Comprehensive Defense Strategic Region (REDI Capital).

The new head of Sebin is the cousin of the Minister of the Interior and Justice Diosdado Cabelloaccording to various media.

Who is the new head of the Dgcim?

At the head of the Dgcim and the Presidential Honor Guard (GHP) will be Major General Javier Marcano Tábatawho graduated from the Venezuelan Military Academy in 1991.

Marcano Tábata was the general commander of the Bolivarian Militia, and was previously in charge of the Capital Strategic Comprehensive Defense Region (REDI). Between 2016 and 2019 he was commander of the Special Unit for Security and Protection of State Personalities of the Presidential Honor Guard.

The military man will replace Gustavo González López, who has led this organization since April 30, 2019.