U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that alleged Tren de Aragua leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores was killed in Venezuela during a joint strike between U.S. and Venezuelan security forces this week. File Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI | License Photo
June 13 (UPI) -- Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, an alleged Tren de Aragua transnational gang leader known as Niño Guerrero, was killed in Venezuela this week, U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuelan officials have announced.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the joint mission between the two countries targeted a compound housing Guerrero Flores, who was wanted in the United States on federal terrorism, weapons, racketeering and drug charges brought against him last year.
In 2024, the Biden administration offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to Guerrero Flores.
"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," the White House posted on X.
