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Antonio Jose Benavides Torres

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Antonio Jose Benavides Torres is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	ANTONIO JOSE BENAVIDES TORRES · Antonio Jose Benavides Torres · Antonio José BENAVIDES TORRES · Antonio José Benavides · Antonio José Benavides Torres · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Antonio José Benavides Torres				[sources]
Birth date	1961-06-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Venezuela				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Venezuela				[sources]
Country	Venezuela				[sources]
Citizenship	Venezuela				[sources]
First name	ANTONIO JOSE · Antonio · Antonio Jose · Antonio José				[sources]
ID Number	`6.371.374`				[sources]
Last name	BENAVIDES TORRES · Benavides Torres				[sources]
Passport number	`026719333`				[sources]
Second name	Jose · José				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q63098502				[sources]
Position	Chef du gouvernement du district de la capitale (Distrito Capital) jusqu’en janvier 2018. · Former Chief of the Capital District (Districto Capital) until January 2018 · Général de la Garde nationale bolivarienne jusqu’au 21 juin 2017. · Major General, Commander of the Strategic Region for the Integral Defense (REDI) of the Central Region, Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) · Member of the non-democratically elected National Assembly. Chief of the Capital District (Distrito Capital) Government until January 2018. General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard until 21 June 2017. · 3 more...				[sources]
Address	Caracas · Caracas, Venezuela				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.asambleanacional.gob.ve				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-28	Last processed	2024-12-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Member of the non-democratically elected National Assembly. Chief of the Capital District (Distrito Capital) Government until Jan 2018. General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard until 21 Jun 2017. Involved in the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Venezuela, and responsible for serious human rights violations committed by the Bolivarian National Guard under his command. His actions and policies as General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard, including the Bolivarian National Guard taking the lead in the policing of civilian demonstrations and publicly advocating that military courts should have jurisdiction over civilians, have undermined the rule of law in Venezuela.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Impliqué dans la répression de la société civile et de l’opposition démocratique vénézuéliennes et responsable de graves violations des droits de l’homme commises sous son commandement par la Garde nationale bolivarienne. Ses actions et les politiques qu’il a menées en tant que général de la Garde nationale bolivarienne, notamment lorsque celle-ci a joué un rôle de premier plan en ce qui concerne le maintien de l’ordre lors de manifestations civiles et lorsqu’il s’est prononcé publiquement en faveur de la compétence des tribunaux militaires pour juger des civils, ont porté atteinte à l’état de droit au Venezuela.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Former Chief of the Capital District (Distrito Capital) until January 2018. Former General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) until 21 June 2017

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Former General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) until 21 June 2017

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

former Division General, Director of Operations, Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard (GNB)

— US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, 2023-04-20

Venezuelan colonel, born 1968

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-07-08

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Caracas · Caracas, Capital District	Venezuela

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`026719333`	Venezuela	Passport	-	2014-08-24
`6.371.374`	Venezuela	Cedula No.	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly of Venezuela	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	VEN	2021-11-13	-
Global Affairs Canada	Venezuela	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	VEN	2021-11-13	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 28 March 2018 on measures against Venezuela (RS 946.231.178.5), Annex 1	2018-03-28	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Venezuela	2020-12-31	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2018/88 du 22/01/2018 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2019/1169 du 08/07/2019 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2020/1696 du 12/11/2020 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063) · (UE) 2021/1959 du 11/11/2021 (UE Venezuela - R (UE) 2017/2063)	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-

Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions118,896

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,736

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,281

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Venezuela Members of the National Assembly274

Members of the National Assembly of Venezuela, the country's unicameral legislature.

Venezuela · Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,554

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,368

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,229

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,181

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

External databases

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Wikidata378,482

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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