The General Counterintelligence Office was the military counterintelligence agency of

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. According to the ''

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'', the agency was replaced by the

Dirección de Inteligencia Militar The General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence () is the military counterintelligence agency of Venezuela, whose function is to prevent intelligence or espionage internally and externally by military and civilians. The unit is led by ...

in 2008.Simon Romero
"Chávez Decree Tightens Hold on Intelligence"
''New York Times'', June 3, 2008,

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