Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Rafael Enrique BASTARDO MENDOZA
Position
Previous Commander of FAES (Special Action Forces) until 2019
Nationality
Venezuela
DoB
1978-09-22
Reg. ID
14.335.819
Official reason
Rafael Bastardo was Commander of FAES, the Special Action Force of the Venezuelan National Police between 2017 and 2019. There is reliable evidence that FAES committed serious human rights violations during Bastardo’s period in command. The recent UN Independent International Fact Finding Mission (IIFFM) report shows reasonable grounds to suspect t...
Other Information
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-10
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
Regime
UK horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 put in place sanctions measures to deter, and provide accountability for, activities which, if carried out by or on behalf of a State within the territory of that State, would amount to a serious violation by that State of an individual’s: • right to life • right not to be subjected to torture or ...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.
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