The Dirección General de Policía (DIGEPOL) was a Venezuelan police agency. DIGEPOL was created after the transition to democracy following the 1958 fall of the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, replacing in part the former Seguridad Nacional.[1]
| General Directory of Police Dirección General de Policía | |
|---|---|
 DIGEPOL headquarters in Trujillo state. | |
| Abbreviation | DIGEPOL |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1959 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | 19 March 1969 |
| Superseding agency | National Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Venezuela |
In 1965, after being detained by DIGEPOL days before, communist professor Alberto Lovera was killed and found in a beach in Puerto La Cruz. President Raúl Leoni declared that the government would lend all its resources to punish the culprits.[1][2]
DIGEPOL was replaced in 1969 by the National Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP), under the control of the Interior Ministry.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Mark Ungar (2002), Elusive reform: democracy and the rule of law in Latin America, p99
- ^ "1965 - Cronología de historia de Venezuela". Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela. Retrieved 2024-02-24.