Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Antonio Jose Benavides Torres
Position
National Assembly (NA) Deputy for the Capital District (since January 2021) and member of NA’s Permanent Commission on Administration and Services
Nationality
Venezuela
DoB
1961-06-13
Address
Caracas, Venezuela
Official reason
National Assembly (NA) (2021) Deputy for the Capital District and member of the NA’s Permanent Commission on Administration and Service. Chief of the Capital District (Distrito Capital) until January 2018. General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard until 21 June 2017. There are reasonable grounds to suspect he has been involved in repressio...
Other Information
Former Chief of the Capital District (Distrito Capital) until January 2018. Former General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) until 21 June 2017 The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UK country specific
Target State
Venezuela
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, 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 Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain financial, trade and immigration sanctions relating to Venezuela continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and the Sanctio...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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