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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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.
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.
Tren de Aragua leader killed in U.S. strike in Venezuela
Niño Guerrero, the founder and leader of Tren de Aragua, was killed in a U.S. military strike in Venezuela, according to officials from both countries. It was the first known U.S. military action of its kind inside Venezuela. The operation happened earlier this week in the southeast of Bolivar state, where U.S. and Venezuelan officials said Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as “Niño Guerrero,” was killed during an operation involving Ven…
A joint military operation carried out this week by the security forces of the United States and Venezuela culminated in the death of Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias "Niño Guerrero", the top leader and founder of the transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua. The coup against the head of the criminal union—accused by Washington for terrorism, drug trafficking and human trafficking—was confirmed on Friday, June 12, 2026 by US P…
United States Kills Tren de Aragua Leader in Venezuela
Donald Trump announced that the Armed Forces killed Héctor Guerrero, alias “Niño Guerrero,” the leader of the “Tren de Aragua” criminal gang. US President Donald Trump announced that the US Armed Forces killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero,” the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang, in a military operation in Venezuela on Friday, June 12th. – President Trump announced that US Southern Command killed Niño Guerrero — Héctor…
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