Trump says U.S. military carried out a strike on leader of Tren de Aragua
Trump said the strike killed Hector Guerrero Flores, whom U.S. authorities had charged with terrorism and tied to violence and drug trafficking.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States military killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, a leader of the US-designated Tren de Aragua organization, in a "swift and lethal kinetic strike."
- Attorney Jay Clayton previously described Guerrero Flores as the "mastermind of Tren de Aragua's evolution from a Venezuelan prison gang into a transnational terrorist organization," responsible for violence spanning North America, South America, and Europe.
- The State Department had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest, while Southern District of New York prosecutors charged Guerrero Flores with racketeering and facilitating acts of terrorism.
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that the strike was "coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela," though he provided no specific details regarding when or where the operation occurred.
- Declassified intelligence assessments contradict the claim that the cartel operates under Venezuelan President Maduro's control, despite Trump blaming the gang for violence plaguing United States cities.
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During the night of Saturday, Swedish time, the leader of the Tren de Aragua drug cartel in Venezuela was killed in a joint attack between the United States and Venezuela.
Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military ended the threat posed by the "Guerrero Child", the top leader of the Aragua Train
Leader of Venezuelan gang killed in US strike, Trump says
President Donald Trump has said a « swift and lethal kinetic » US military strike has killed « the infamous leader » of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua street gang. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/leader-of-venezuelan-gang-killed-in-us-military-strike-trump-says-13553575 Author : Publish date : 2026-06-13 01:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
By Michael Williams, CNN One of the main leaders of the Aragua Train, a cartel designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, died in a U.S. military attack, President Donald Trump announced Friday. Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Niño Guerrero, was eliminated in “a quick and lethal kinetic attack,” Trump announced Friday night in Truth Social. The president declared that the attack was “coordinated closely with our fr…
Tren de Aragua is a gang involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, and trafficking in human beings, and the U.S. government regards it as a terrorist organization – and targets its leader.
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