Néstor Luis Reverol Torres (born 28 October 1964) holds the position of
Minister of the People's Power for Interior Relations and Justice of Venezuela and is currently Commander General of the
National Guard of Venezuela
The Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela ( es, Guardia Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela - GNB), is one of the four components of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela. The national guard can serve as gendarmerie, perform civil defense roles, or ...
. On 3 August 2016, he was appointed as interior minister by President
Nicolás Maduro.
Education
Reverol was born in the coastal city of Maracaibo, capital of the Zulia state. He studied at the Military Academy of the National Guard, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Military Arts Degree in 1986. He later attended the
School of the Americas
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas, is a United States Department of Defense school located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, renamed in the 2001 National Defen ...
in
Fort Benning, undergoing training with the US Army in 1996.
Controversy
Drug trafficking
In 2016, the United States government has alleged that Reverol was involved in drug trafficking when he was head of the
Oficina Nacional Antidrogas (ONA).
Sanctions
Reverol has been
sanctioned by several countries and is banned from entering neighboring Colombia. The Colombian government maintains a list of people banned from entering Colombia or subject to expulsion; as of January 2019, the list had 200 people with a "close relationship and support for the Nicolás Maduro regime".
In July 2017, thirteen senior officials, including Reverol, of the Venezuelan government associated with the
2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 30 July 2017 to elect the members of the 2017 Constituent National Assembly ( es, Asamblea Nacional Constituyente; ANC). Unlike the 1999 Constituent National Assembly, which was assembled fo ...
s were sanctioned by the United States for their role in undermining democracy and human rights.
Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelan officials, including Reverol, in September 2017.
[ Also a]
Punto de Corte
an
El Nacional
/ref> The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after at least 125 people will killed in the 2017 Venezuelan protests
The 2017 Venezuelan protests were a series of protests occurring throughout Venezuela. Protests began in January 2017 after the arrest of multiple opposition leaders and the cancellation of dialogue between the opposition and Nicolás Maduro's g ...
and "in response to the government of Venezuela's deepening descent into dictatorship".[ Canadians were banned from transactions with the 40 individuals, whose Canadian assets were frozen.][
The ]European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
sanctioned seven Venezuela officials, including Reverol, on 18 January 2018, singling them out as being responsible for deteriorating democracy in the country.[ Also a]
Panama Economic and Finance Ministry
and Switzerland implemented sanctions, freezing the assets of seven ministers and high officials, including Reverol, due to human rights violations and deteriorating rule of law and democracy.[ Also a]
Diario Las Americas
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On 20 April 2018, the Mexican Senate froze the assets of officials of the Maduro administration, including Reverol, and prohibited them from entering Mexico.[ Also a]
VPITV
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References
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1964 births
Living people
Venezuelan Ministers of Interior
People from Cabimas
United Socialist Party of Venezuela politicians
People of the Crisis in Venezuela
Fugitives wanted by the United States