US military killed leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang in strike

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. The US President said that Niño Guerrero was killed in a kinetic strike carried out by the United States Southern Command on his orders. He also shared a classified video of the strike in a post on Truth Social, showing a seemingly green rooftop exploding into a cloud of smoke and debris after being hit.

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. Before I returned to office, Joe… pic.twitter.com/4vmAa2rti3

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) June 13, 2026

Trump sought to attack his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden for opening southern border for to “millions of illegal criminals” following which, he claimed, that members of Tren De Aragua to “rape, maim, and murder American citizens with total impunity”. Trump said that the killing of the “foreign army's" leader brought retribution for the families of the victims of the violence inflicted by the organisation.