Last week, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, better known as "Niño Guerrero," the alleged leader of the Venezuelan-born prison gang Tren de Aragua, had been killed in a joint operation involving U.S. and Venezuelan forces.
Trump said the U.S. Southern Command carried out a "swift and lethal" strike against Guerrero, whom Washington had accused of overseeing one of the most powerful and fast-growing criminal organizations in Latin America. But despite the symbolic significance of Guerrero's death, analysts say the operation is unlikely to deal a decisive blow to Tren de Aragua.
