US-Venezuela Joint Operation Kills Transnational Gang Leader, Nino Guerrero
The leader of the transnational gang, Tren de Aragua was killed in a joint operation by the United States and Venezuela, authorities in the South American nation said on Friday. Founded in Venezuela, Tren de Aragua has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United States and is also active in Colombia, Peru, and Chile. “There were clashes with members of these criminal structures, in which Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, popularly known as Nino Guerrero, was neutralized,” Venezuela’s Ministry of Communications said in a statement. The ministry said the “joint operation” took place in the southeast of Bolivar state, and involved “specialized technological support” and intelligence exchange between the United States and Venezuela. The United States President, Donald Trump said earlier Friday that American forces carried out a deadly strike on the gang leader. “ At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successful...