Trump EXECUTES bloodthirsty leader of notorious Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua with lethal strike
Donald Trump announced that Tren De Aragua cartel leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores (aka ‘Nino’) was killed in a swift and lethal kinetic strike by US Southern Command.
The President has made protecting the border and dismantling criminal gangs and cartels a priority in his second term, and celebrated the killing of the leader of what he called ‘one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth’.
“Early in my administration, I fulfilled my promise to designate Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, deport thousands of evil criminals, and wage war against the Cartels who have long waged war against our Citizens while weak leaders leave America helpless and on the defensive,” he wrote in Truth Social.
The President shared the video of the fiery attack on his social media page.
Trump also thanked Venezuela for coordinating the attack with US Southern Command.
“The bottom line is that Tren de Aragua terrorists no longer have a safe haven in Venezuela or anywhere else, and under my leadership, we will find these brutal murderers and drug lords anytime, anywhere and send them to the depths of hell where they belong,” Trump added.
The President criticized his predecessor, Joe Biden, for ‘opening our Southern Border to millions of Illegal Criminals and allowing this foreign military to rape, maim and kill American Citizens with complete impunity.’
He gave examples of young people killed at the hands of illegal immigrants, such as 22-year-old Laken Reilly, 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungary and countless other beautiful souls.
Donald Trump announced the murder of Tren De Aragua cartel leader Nino Guerrero. In a swift and deadly kinetic attack by US Southern Command
The President has made protecting the border and dismantling criminal gangs and cartels a priority in his second term, and celebrated the killing of the leader of what he called ‘one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth’.
The President shared the video of the fiery attack on his social media page
‘With this action, the United States Army brought revenge upon them, their families, and their loved ones.’
Tren de Aragua has been labeled a terrorist organization by the United States. Guerrero Flores has been charged in New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including supporting terrorists in crimes spanning more than a decade, authorities announced in December.
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said at the time that the gang was responsible for numerous acts of violence, extortion and drug trafficking in North America, South America and Europe.
Trump nominated Clayton to be director of national intelligence on Thursday.
The State Department had offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Guerrero Flores.
The Pentagon had nothing to add other than Trump’s Truth Social post.
Trump has taken a series of extraordinary actions against the gang, including a series of attacks on small boats that his administration accuses of smuggling drugs into America.
At least 207 people have been killed in boat attacks by the US military in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narco terrorists” in early September.
Trump and administration officials have repeatedly accused Tren de Aragua of being at the root of the violence and illegal drug trade that has plagued some U.S. cities.
For months, the president repeated the claim (contradicting a declassified U.S. intelligence assessment) that Tren de Aragua was operating under the control of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The US removed Maduro from Venezuela in January to face US drug charges.
Tren de Aragua emerged more than a decade ago in an illegal prison for notorious criminals in Venezuela’s central state of Aragua.
The gang has expanded in recent years as millions of Venezuelans migrate to other Latin American countries or the United States in search of better living conditions.
The size of the gang is unclear. Venezuelan expatriates, including large populations from Peru and Colombia, accused the group of being behind violence in the region.
Yet unlike other criminal organizations in Colombia, Central America and Brazil, Tren de Aragua is not involved in large-scale cocaine trafficking across international borders, according to InSight Crime, a think tank that tracks crime in Latin America.
Gang leaders in Venezuela have long been known to be involved in various illegal activities, including gold mining.
This is an evolving story.
