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Alleged leader of Tren de Aragua, labeled as a terrorist group, charged in New York but on the lam

Hector Guerrero Flores led Tren de Aragua's rise from prison gang to transnational terrorist group responsible for extensive violence and drug trafficking across multiple continents.

  • Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores was charged as an alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua gang, labeled a terrorist organization by the US.
  • TdA evolved from a Venezuelan prison gang into a transnational criminal group involved in violence, extortion, and drug trafficking across the Americas and Europe under Guerrero Flores' leadership.
  • Guerrero Flores, who remains at large with a $5 million reward for his arrest, is accused of racketeering, providing material support to terrorists, drug trafficking, and firearm offenses.
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The U.S. federal prosecutor's office has placed Spain within the operating perimeter of the Aragua Train, one of the most violent criminal organizations emerging from Venezuela. On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced the indictment in New York of its historic leader, Héctor Rushenford Guerrero Flores, alias 'Niño Guerrero', in an accusation that expressly points to the presence and expansion of the group in Spanish territory as part of…

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Tren de Aragua leader known as "The Unspeakable" charged in U.S. federal court

Federal prosecutors allege Hector Rusthenford Guerrero, 42, grew Tren de Aragua from a prison gang to a global crime syndicate.

·United States
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday the indictment of more than 70 persons suspected of being linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, including the head of the organization that the United States considers terrorist.

·Montreal, Canada
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Just the News broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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