Washington/Caracas, June 12 (EFE).- US forces have killed Venezuelan Tren de Aragua leader Héctor Guerrero Flores, known as ‘Niño Guerrero,’ in an air strike, President Donald Trump announced Friday.
«At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth,» Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He said the operation was “coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well.»The Venezuelan government confirmed it carried out the operation with the US in southeastern Bolívar state in which “crime structures” were dismantled.
«During the operation, clashes occurred with members of these criminal structures, resulting in the neutralization of Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias ‘Niño Guerrero,’ leader of a criminal organization,» the Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information stated in a press release published in X.
It added that the operation had specialized technological support and was carried out through cooperation mechanisms and the exchange of intelligence information between the authorities of both countries.
