What does DAS stand for?

Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (Colombian police branch)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

With an eye on agents from the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS), the intelligence service that reports directly to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent 15,000 troops to the critical areas and told the military and the civilian population to prepare for war.

VENEZUELA: RELATIONS WITH COLOMBIA WORSEN

The head of the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) Andres Penate said on July 29 that intercepted communications showed the FARC had shot dead the hostages after coming across another rebel unit.

COLOMBIA: DEATH OF 11 LEGISLATORS HELD BY FARC LEAVES POSSIBILITIES ...

Ex-chief of secret police accused of paramilitary links Prosecutors also called for an investigation of Jorge Noguera, the ex-director of the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS), or secret police, for supposed links to the AUC.

COLOMBIA: TIES TO PARAMILITARY GROUPS BRING DOWN SEVERAL ...