Trump says US military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela
Trump said the strike was coordinated with Venezuelan authorities and targeted a gang accused of trafficking, kidnapping and extortion across the hemisphere.
- 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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Tren de Aragua leader assassination puts Latin America on notice
On Friday evening, President Donald Trump announced that US forces had killed the head of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, in an air strike. In doing so, one of the hemisphere’s more notorious crime bosses was eliminated, and the Trump administration’s offensive against drug cartels and criminal groups claimed a [...]Read More...
Donald Trump makes serious with his threat to eliminate drug criminals also in the territory of sovereign states.
Tren de Aragua leader is killed in a joint strike, US and Venezuela say
A joint strike by the United States and Venezuela killed a leader of the Tren de Aragua transnational gang, President Donald Trump and officials in both countries said Friday, dealing a blow to a syndicate the Trump administration has blamed for an influx of violent crime and illicit drugs. The post Tren de Aragua leader is killed in a joint strike, US and Venezuela say appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
Eliminated the Niño Guerrero, head of the Tren de Agua. Trump exults and thanks Caracas
Donald Trump shared footage on his Truth Social account showing a house explosion. According to the president, Niño Guerrero, leader of the international criminal organization Tren de Aragua, was in the building at the time.
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