President in Charge Delcy Rodríguez appointed new REDI commanders
Photo: Telegram @DrodriguezVen
Published at: 20/03/2026 01:50 PM
The president in charge of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, appointed this Friday the new Commanders of the Strategic Regions for Integral Defense (REDI).
Through his Telegram channel, Rodríguez said that military leaders will assume “the responsibility of guaranteeing peace, sovereignty and security throughout the national territory.”
The new Commanders are:
César Augusto Lugo Rivera, Commander of REDI Capital
Ángel Daniel Balestrini Jaramillo, Commander of the Central REDI
Wilfredo Alexander Medrano Machado, Commander of REDI Guiana
Pablo Ernesto Lizano Colmenter, Commander of the REDI Los Andes
Erasmo Eduardo Ramos Iriza,
Commander of the Eastern REDI
Pedro Esteban González Valles, Commander of the Western REDI
Gustavo Adolfo Serrano Urdaneta, Commander of the REDI Los Llanos
Víctor Hugo Borjas Trujillo, Commander of the Maritime and Insular REDI
“With this renewal, we are strengthening the operational capacity of REDI, ensuring strategic defense, protection of our communities and effective coordination with the various citizen security bodies, in the protection of all Venezuelan @s,” said the president in charge.
Mazo News Team