Venezuela Leader Taps US-Sanctioned General as Intel Chief

Acting Venezuela leader Delcy Rodríguez tapped an official who is under US sanctions to head the presidential security corps and military intelligence police, her first major security move since Nicolás Maduro’s capture.

Gustavo González López, an army major general the US has accused of human rights violations, will serve as head of the presidential guard and the military intelligence unit known as the DGCIM, Information Minister Freddy Ñáñez said in a statement posted to his Telegram account late Tuesday. González replaces Javier Marcano Tábata, a military officer who is also under US sanctions.