Dirección General de Policía

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 old Seguridad Nacional.[1] Allegations of abuse plagued DIGEPOL, most prominently in relation to, according to judicial hearings, the killing and torture of a communist professor by DIGEPOL agents.[1] DIGEPOL was replaced in 1969 by the Dirección de los Servicios de Inteligencia y Prevención (DISIP), under the control of the Interior Ministry.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mark Ungar (2002), Elusive reform: democracy and the rule of law in Latin America, p99
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