DISIP

DISIP (Direcci?n de los Servicios de Inteligencia y Prevenci?n, or Department of Intelligence and Prevention Services, aka Directorate of Services of Intelligence and Prevention), is the Venezuelan state and political security police. It was established in January, 1958 by the president of Venezuela, Marcos Perez Jimenez. DISIP is an internal security force subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior. As of May 2005, the Minister of the Interior and Justice of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is Sr. Jessy Chacon.

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DISIP officers dress either in black uniforms or plain clothes and drive yellow and black cars.

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In their 1997 and 1998 Reports, Amnesty International details Human Rights Violations by DISIP, including unlawful detention of Venezuelan Human Rights Activists:

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• 1997 AI Report:Venezuela
• 1998 AI Report:Venezuela.

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Marcos Perez Jimenez: Marcos P?rez Jim?nez (April 25, 1914 – September 20, 2001) was president of Venezuela from 1952 to 1958....