The leader of the Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua gang has died in a US strike, US President Donald Trump says. The gang has been labeled a terrorist organization by Washington.

President Trump said Friday that a U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called "the infamous leader" of the Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela.

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang.

Trump announced the killing of the leader of Tren de Aragua in the U.S. strike, with the assistance of Venezuela.