Ni\u00f1o Guerrero, the founder and leader of Tren de Aragua, was killed in a U.S. military strike in Venezuela, according to officials from both countries. It was the first known U.S. military action of its kind inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The operation happened earlier this week in the southeast of Bolivar state, where U.S. and Venezuelan officials said Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as \u201cNi\u00f1o Guerrero,\u201d was killed during an operation involving Venezuelan and U.S. security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Ni\u00f1o Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth,” President Trump said in a social media post<\/a> on Friday night. \u201cThis action was coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n