US, Venezuela say Tren de Aragua leader killed in strike
The leader of the notorious Tren de Agua gang,ย Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, has been killed in a US strike in Venezuela , US President Donald Trump said on Friday. The Trump administration has repeatedly accused Tren de Aragua of being behind much of the violence and drug
The leader of the notorious Tren de Agua gang,ย Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, has been killed in a US strike in Venezuela , US President Donald Trump said on Friday.
The Trump administration has repeatedly accused Tren de Aragua of being behind much of the violence and drug dealing in many US cities.
Venezuela has confirmed the death ofย Guerrero Flores, saying he was killed during a "joint operation" with the USย in the southeastern state of Bolivar.
Trump said the US had carried out a "swift and lethal kinetic" strike to kill Guerrero Flores, whom he called "the infamous leaderโ of the Tren de Aragua gang.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote that "Trenย de Aragua terrorists no longer have safe haven in Venezuela or anywhere else and, under my leadership, we will find these vicious murderers and drug lords anytime, anyplace, and send them to the depths of hell where they belong."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X that the strike was carried outย earlier in the week on one of the gang'sย compounds in Venezuela.
Rewards of up to $5 million (โฌ4.32 million) had been offered by the US State Department for information that led to Guerrero Flores' arrest.
Venezuela's Ministry of Communicationsย has confirmed the death in a statement about the operation at the compound.

