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Uwa Ede-Osifo and agencies

Trump says leader of Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang killed in US strike

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On Truth Social, Trump called Tren de Aragua a ‘bloodthirsty’ terrorist group. Photograph: @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social

The US military has killed a leader in the Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, with the help of Venezuela, Donald Trump announced on Friday.

“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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