Illustrative image. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)
President Donald Trump on June 13 announced that the United States military had killed Hector Guerrero Flores, more known by his nickname “Nino Guerrero,” the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Nino Guerrero,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, describing Tren de Aragua as “one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth.”
Trump accused his predecessor of enabling the gang, saying that “before I returned to office, Joe Biden opened our Southern Border to millions of Illegal Criminals,” which he said allowed the gang to “rape, maim, and murder American Citizens with total impunity.”
He further said that the strike on Guerrero delivered “retribution” for the victims of Tren de Aragua, their families, and their loved ones.
“This action was coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well,” Trump said, adding that Tren de Aragua “no longer have safe haven in Venezuela or anywhere else.”
Trump also pointed to earlier steps by the U.S. , including designating the group as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” and deporting what he called “thousands of evil criminals.”
In addition, he vowed to pursue remaining members of the group “anytime, anyplace,” also sharing what was apparently a short video of the strike.
Trump posted what appears to be the strike, showing a green building with a nearby shed being blown up, debris flying into the air.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth later said in a post to X that the strike “underscores the shared U.S. and Venezuelan commitment to take the fight to narco-terrorists and deny them any safe haven in our hemisphere.”
“We will continue to work closely with security partners, like Venezuela — and counties in the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C) partners — to take the fight to our enemies,” he added.
Venezuelan authorities later confirmed their involvement in what they described as a “joint operation,” without elaborating on the strike.
In January, U.S. forces captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his compound in Caracas in a daring overnight raid to face criminal charges in New York. The Trump administration had accused him of collaborating with Tren de Aragua.. The indictment named Guerrero Flores as a co-conspirator.
The U.S. has since sought to tighten ties with Maduro’s successor, Delcy Rodríguez, lifting sanctions on her and pushing to collaborate on the extraction of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves.
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