Antonio Jose Benavides TorresPerson

Also known as

• Antonio José Benavides Torres

Designations

• Designated by UK HM Treasury (OFSI) under program Venezuela since 2020-12-31. Other entities under Venezuela

Source remarks: VEN0003 — National Assembly (NA) (2021) Deputy for the Capital District and member of the NA’s Permanent Commission on Administration and Service. Chief of the Capital District (Distrito Capital) until January 2018. General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard until 21 June 2017. There are reasonable grounds to suspect he has been involved in repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Venezuela and involved in the commission of serious human rights violations committed by the Bolivarian National Guard under his command. Further, there are reasonable grounds to suspect that 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. (official source)

Key properties

Date of birth

1961-06-13

Nationality

VE

Position

(1) National Assembly (NA) Deputy for the Capital District (since January 2021) and member of NA’s Permanent Commission on Administration and Services (2) Former Chief of the Capital District (Districto Capital) until January 2018 (3) Former General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) until June 2017.

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Source list & list version

Last confirmed present in UK OFSI Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets list version gb_hmt_ofsi@2026-06-03, observed 2026-06-03.

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