José David Cabello Rondón was appointed Venezuelan Minister of Infrastructure in July 2006. In February 2008 he became the head of

SENIAT SENIAT (''Servicio Nacional Integrado de Administración Aduanera y Tributaria''–- National Integrated Service for the Administration of Customs Duties and Taxes) is Venezuela's revenue service A revenue service, revenue agency or taxation ...

, the Venezuelan tax agency. He had previously been head of

Conviasa Línea Aérea Conviasa (legally ''Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronáuticas y Servicios Aéreos'') is a Venezuelan airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, near Carac ...

(from April to June 2006).

Sanctions

The

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sanctioned Cabello as being someone who participated in "significant acts of corruption or who have been involved in serious violations of human rights". On 18 May 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the

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placed sanctions in effect against Cabello. OFAC stated that Cabello would use his position in SENIAT for

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and

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Personal life

He is the brother of

Diosdado Cabello Diosdado Cabello Rondón (born 15 April 1963Vicepresidencia de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela also drug lord of Venezuela , atentamente alcardonDiosdado Cabello Rondón, accessed 19 April 2010) is a Venezuelan politician and current mem ...

References

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