Venezuelan National Guard

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Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela
Guardia Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela
National Guard emblem
Founded	1937; 87 years ago (1937)
Country	Venezuela
Branch	National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
Type	Military police
Role	Gendarmerie, forestry protection, civil defense, public order and safety, border control, highway security, coastal security
Size	23,000
Part of	Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior and Justice
Nickname(s)	Spanish: Centinelas Permanentes de la Patria The Fatherland's Permanent Sentries
Patron	Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
Motto(s)	Spanish: El honor es su divisa Honor is its emblem
Colors	Maroon
Anniversaries	August 4, National Guard Day
Commanders
Minister of Defense	Major General Vladimir Padrino López
Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace	Major General Nestor Luis Reverol Torres
Commanding General of the National Guard	Major General Antonio Benavides Torres
Insignia
Flag

The Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela (Spanish: Guardia Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela - GNB), is a gendarmerie component of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela. The national guard can serve as gendarmerie, perform civil defense roles, or serve as a reserve light infantry force. The national guard was founded on 4 August 1937 by the then President of the Republic, General-in-Chief Eleazar López Contreras. The motto of the GNB is "El Honor es su divisa" ("Honor is its emblem"), slightly different from the motto of the Spanish Civil Guard "El Honor es mi divisa" ("Honor is my emblem").

The branch is recognized for its human rights violations under the Bolivarian government and its alleged involvement in international drug trafficking through the Cartel of the Suns.^[1]