Néstor Reverol assured that the former director of the Sebin "is not detained"

Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Néstor Reverol, said Monday that the former director of the Bolivian National Intelligence Service (Sebin), Gustavo González López, was not in custody .

"Gustavo González López is not in custody, awaits the office of the President of the Republic" expressed headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior.

During a press conference in which he presented a balance of citizen safety indicators in the country, said that it is "completely false" an alleged detention to González López who led the Sebin until the end of October.

The minister reported that the criminal incidence had a 28% reduction in all the countries. "Which leads us to affirm that we are on the right track to territorialize public policies," he said.

Reverol showed the figures on the reduction of criminal actions handled by the Venezuelan Observatory of Citizen Security (OVS).

He explained that 89.5% of kidnappings are concentrated in three states of the country: Miranda, Capital District and Aragua. "We have therefore designed a national plan to fight against kidnappings which, with its peaks, has led to a significant reduction in kidnappings in the country." he said.

Compared with the year 2017, when 290 kidnappings were recorded, there was a reduction of 38.3% 179 kidnappings by 2018 throughout the national territory.

He also acknowledged the work of the Quadrants of peace to tackle criminal threats and contribute to the design of the structural disarmament policy.

"We will continue to monitor criminal incidents in the country, which is an important achievement this year, because we can have the balance of indicators for the 2,155 Quadrants of Peace."

"Since 2003, 497,817 firearms have been destroyed throughout Venezuela", of which 4,079 were delivered voluntarily, 34,319 ammunition and 1,572 were collected through the incitement of the bearer of arms .

The head of justice and peace, said that more than 1,500 officials were placed at the Venezuelan court order, this "in order to fight against corruption and react to any deviations from the actions of the managers ".

In this regard, he explained that they had arrested 1,515 agents of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB); state and municipal police; 300 members of the Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigation Corps (CICPC); 300 employees of the service of identification, migration and management of foreigners (Saime) and 201 officials of the autonomous service of registers and notaries (Saren).

"The management and disclosure of numbers, rather than an exercise, is a starting point for an effective design, evaluation and improvement of security policies," said Reverol.