Formerly the Armed Forces Basic School, it was given its current charter and was renamed to its present name in 2010, with its main campus in Maracay with branches in Caracas, Michelena and Caita La Mar.

[4] The official report issued by the Integral Defense Operational Zone number 44 in Aragua, under the direction of G/D Edward Stevens Betancourt Gudiño, states that the cadet suffered an abdominal wound and was immediately transported to the Cnel.

[4] The alleged aggressor, identified as Johan Alberto Torrealba Seco, 19, and also a cadet at the institution, is said to have wounded Toro Blanco with a dagger during an argument in the academy's dormitory.

[4] Local press reports indicate that Javier Toro Blanco came from sector 13 de Junio in Santa Rita in the Francisco Linares Alcántara municipality and was the older brother in a two-child family.

The Public Ministry sentenced a captain and a first lieutenant of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) to 23 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a 17-year-old female student,[5][6] by two superior officers.

Captain Cristóbal Rafael Orozco and First Lieutenant Edicvani José Díaz Lozano, both 32, were found guilty of abusing the young woman who was studying Mechanical Engineering at the Bolivarian Technical Military Academy.

[5] Lieutenant José Gregorio León Sevilla, who trained and served in the Bolivarian National Armed Forces for over seven years, faced significant repercussions because of his opposing views to the government of Nicolás Maduro.

His story is a testament to the internal tensions and challenges members of the Bolivarian Technical Military Academy (BTMA) might face when dissenting from the government administration.

Despite the gravity of his situation, the lieutenant made the decisive action to leave his homeland without his family, fearing potential retaliation and the well-known tortures he might endure if arrested again.

[7] From his position abroad, León Sevilla has urged Juan Guaidó to adopt stronger measures and to unify efforts with other exiled military personnel in Colombia.