| General Directory of Police Dirección General de Policía | |
|---|---|
 DIGEPOL headquarters in Trujillo state. | |
| Abbreviation | DIGEPOL |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1959; 65 years ago (1959) |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | 19 March 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-19) |
| Superseding agency | National Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Venezuela |
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.
History
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.
DIGEPOL was replaced in 1969 by the National Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP), under the control of the Interior Ministry.
References
- ^ 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.