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Dirección General de Policía

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General Directory of Police
Dirección General de Policía
DIGEPOL headquarters in Trujillo state.
DIGEPOL headquarters in Trujillo state.
AbbreviationDIGEPOL
Agency overview
Formed1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Preceding agency
Dissolved19 March 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-19)
Superseding agencyNational Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionVenezuela

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]

History

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In 1965, after being detained by DIGEPOL days before, communist professor Alberto Lovera [es] 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

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  1. ^ a b c Mark Ungar (2002), Elusive reform: democracy and the rule of law in Latin America, p99
  2. ^ "1965 - Cronología de historia de Venezuela". Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela. Retrieved 2024-02-24.