Trump says US military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela
Trump said U.S. forces killed Tren de Aragua leader Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores in a strike coordinated with Venezuelan authorities.
- President Donald Trump announced Friday that a U.S. military strike successfully killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, the infamous top leader of the transnational Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
- The operation was carried out earlier this week by U.S. Southern Command, targeting a Tren de Aragua compound located in Venezuela's southern Bolívar state with what Trump termed a "swift and lethal kinetic strike."
- The mission marks an unprecedented, close collaboration with Venezuelan security forces, highlighting a drastic shift in relations since former President Nicolás Maduro was removed by the U.S. military in January and replaced by interim leader Delcy Rodríguez.
- Trump shared unclassified, overhead footage of the airstrike on Truth Social, showing a small, green-roofed building exploding into a cloud of smoke, while asserting that the group's "terrorists no longer have safe haven anywhere."
- The targeted killing provides "retribution" for American families, according to Trump, who dedicated the successful military action to the loved ones of victims of high-profile crimes linked to undocumented gang members in the U.S.
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Drug trafficking, extortion, and human trafficking: The Venezuelan group "Tren de Aragua" is held responsible for numerous criminal acts. Now the US has killed its leader – apparently in conjunction with Venezuela.
US-Venezuela operation kills leader of Tren de Aragua gang
CARACAS: The leader of the transnational gang Tren de Aragua was killed in a joint operation by the United States and Venezuela, authorities in the South American nation said on Friday (Jun 12). Founded in Venezuela, Tren de Aragua has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United S
Héctor Guerrero Flores, known as 'Niño Guerrero' and leader of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua, has been eliminated during a U.S. attack coordinated "closely" with Venezuela. U.S. President Donald Trump himself announced the death of 'Niño Guerrero' on his Social Truth network along with the images of the military operation that has ended his life. Trump's words have been a "strong, quick and lethal attack, to successfully ex…
Hector Rustenford Guerrero Flores was eagerly sought by the American administration, which promised $5 million for any information that would lead to his capture.
The US military killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores.
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