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The Pentagon said the operation to hunt down the leader of the Tren de
Aragua gang was conducted together with the Venezuelan authorities
Published 13 Jun, 2026 04:23 | Updated 13 Jun, 2026 06:22


https://www.rt.com/news/641488-us-strike-drug-lord-venezuela/

US says rCynarcoterroristrCO cartel boss killed in Venezuela strike (VIDEO)
A screenshot from a US Southern Command video showing a military strike, released on June 12, 2026. -- US Southcom
The US has said it killed a notorious gang leader in a strike on his
compound in Venezuela.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the operation targeting Tren de
Aragua leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Nino
Guerrero, was carried out earlier this week in full coordination with
the Venezuelan authorities.

Hegseth said the operation rCLunderscores the shared US and Venezuelan commitment to take the fight to narco-terrorists and deny them any safe
haven in our hemisphere.rCY

rCLGuerrero was a wanted fugitive charged by the US Department of Justice
with ordering, directing, and facilitating acts of terrorism and
violence in the United States,rCY US Southern Command chief General
Francis Donovan said.

US President Donald Trump hailed the operation as part of his effort to
combat violent crime in the US.

rCLThis action was coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well,rCY he wrote on Truth Social.

Guerrero was sentenced to 17 years in prison in 2018 on charges
including murder, drug trafficking, identity theft, and possession of military-grade weapons, but escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 2023.

Earlier this year, the US carried out a commando raid in Caracas,
abducting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia
Flores, who were indicted by a Manhattan court on drug and firearms
charges. Both pleaded not guilty, and the Venezuelan government
condemned the operation as an act of aggression.

Since September 2025, US strikes on alleged cartel boats in the
Caribbean have killed more than 200 people. Venezuelan and Colombian
officials called the operations illegal, saying some of the victims were innocent fishermen.
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