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

Date: 2024

U.S. Treasury reporting on Venezuela's post-election security apparatus identified Alexis José Rodríguez Cabello, a cousin of [Diosdado Cabello](/people/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. [U.S. Department of the Treasury](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2730?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

- Cabello PSUV strongman and interior repression: https://factrail.ai/drivers/cabello-psuv-strongman

## Sources

- https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session57/advance-versions/a-hrc-57-57-en.pdf
- https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2730

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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