The Directory of National Security (Spanish: Dirección de Seguridad Nacional, abbreviated as DSN) was the secret police of Venezuela from 1938 until is disestablishment in 1958.
The Seguridad Nacional was abolished following the overthrow of Pérez Jiménez on 23 January 1958.[1][4] Outraged citizens raided the DSN headquarters after Pérez Jiménez's removal, with some mobs killing DSN members throughout Venezuela and releasing prisoners from their custody.[3]
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^Damiano, Daniela (30 November 2015). "La Dictadura de Pérez Jiménez no Hizo de Venezuela una Potencia" [The Pérez Jiménez Dictatorship did not make Venezuela a Power]. Amnistia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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^López F., Carlos Eduardo (4 December 2016). "#MemoriaFotográfica: A la Caza de la Seguridad Nacional" [# PhotoMemory: Hunting for National Security]. El Impulso (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2021.