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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.
History
Protesters raiding a National Security Directorate building during on 23 January 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]