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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Tren de Aragua is a gang involved in the drug trade. Now the US has killed the leader in Venezuela. Trump gives details.
Trump says U.S. military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela
Tren de Aragua has been labelled by the United States as a terrorist organisation; Guerrero Flores was charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists
According to US President Trump, the US military killed the head of the Venezuelan cartel Tren de Aragua.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced this Friday that the U.S. Armed Forces killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias ‘Niño Guerrero’, identified as leader of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua, during a military operation carried out in Venezuelan territory. Through a message published in Truth Social, Trump stated that the U.S. Southern Command executed a “fast and lethal kinetic attack” against the alleged head of the…
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