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US military killed leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang in strike, Trump says
Key takeaways
- "At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero," Trump wrote.
- Niño Guerrero, whose full name is Hector Guerrero Flores, was the leader of Tren de Aragua.
- The president has accused the group of engaging in "irregular warfare" against the US and declared it a foreign terrorist organisation, placing it in the same category as the Islamic State.
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The US carried out strikes over several months in the Caribbean Sea, targeting what it said was drug shipments being sent by cartels including Tren de Aragua The US military has killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in an airstrike, President Donald Trump announced in a social media post.
"At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero," Trump wrote.
Niño Guerrero, whose full name is Hector Guerrero Flores, was the leader of Tren de Aragua. The gang is one of the most notorious criminal groups in Latin America and has been a target of the Trump administration.
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