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Cabello's cousin was identified as director of SEBIN during the post-election crackdown

U.S. Treasury reporting on Venezuela's post-election security apparatus identified Alexis José Rodríguez Cabello, a cousin of Diosdado Cabello, as director of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, SEBIN. In the causal graph this event weakens Cabello PSUV strongman and interior repression, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

Cabello's cousin was identified as director of SEBIN during the post-election crackdown
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U.S. Treasury reporting on Venezuela's post-election security apparatus identified Alexis José Rodríguez Cabello, a cousin of Diosdado Cabello, as director of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, SEBIN. Treasury described SEBIN as involved in detention of journalists reporting on the election, repression and abuse of power. This fact records the documented family and institutional link without assuming that kinship alone proves direction of individual operations.

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  1. 1.A/HRC/57/57 — Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaUN Human Rights Council Independent International Fact-Finding Mission · verified
  2. 2.Treasury Targets Maduro-aligned Officials Leading Post-Election Crackdown in VenezuelaU.S. Department of the Treasury · verified
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  1. FactCabello's cousin was identified as director of SEBIN during the post-election crackdown
  2. weakensDriverCabello PSUV strongman and interior repression
  3. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Cabello's cousin was identified as director of SEBIN during the post-election crackdown. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cabello-security-family-network-sebin-2024

https://factrail.ai/facts/cabello-security-family-network-sebin-2024

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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