He US President Donald Trumpannounced on the night of June 12 that his country He killed alias Niño Guerrero, top boss of the Aragua Train criminal gang. According to the president, Guerrero was discharged in one operation carried out by the United States Southern Command.
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“The Command executed a stroke for successfully eliminate Niño Guerrerohe infamous leader of the Aragua Trainone of the bloodiest terrorist organizations of the planet,” the president wrote on his Truth Social account.
Although the president did not provide further details about the operation in which the criminal leader was killed, he did shared a video of the attackwhich he called “kinetic, fast and lethal“.
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The clip shows what appears to be a green roof house located in a rural areabecause around it there is dry land and several trees. In a matter of seconds, the place was bombed and explodedproducing a huge cloud of fire and smoke that spread throughout the area. The 10-second clip shows extensive vegetation in the place where the bombed house was located.
🚨ATTENTION: The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that under his direction, the Southern Command carried out a “rapid and lethal” attack that ended with the murder of ‘Niño Guerrero’, the noted leader of the transnational gang Tren de Aragua, one of the organizations… pic.twitter.com/xAuxCgoc4J
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According to sources consulted by the newspaper The Countryhe attack occurred in Venezuelaalthough there is no confirmation of the exact place where Guerrero was discharged. Trump, in fact, limited himself to reporting that the operation “was coordinated with Venezuela”with whom he assured he maintains a excellent relationship.
“As a result, the Aragua Train terrorists no longer have a safe haven in Venezuela or anywhere else and, under my leadership, we will find these ruthless murderers and drug traffickers at any time and place, and we will send to hell“wrote the president of the United States.
For its part, Pete Hegseth, United States Secretary of Warconfirmed that the bombing took place earlier this weekwithout indicating the exact date of the operation, and noted that it was carried out in “full collaboration with Venezuelan security forces“According to him, the kinetic attack aimed at “Aragua Train complex in Venezuela“.
Bombing against alias Niño Guerrero. Photo:Truth Social Donald Trump
Trump’s announcement comes just three days after a operative of the Venezuelan Armed Forces in Las Claritas, an enclave in the south of the country, near the border with Brazil. It is a mining area controlled by the Aragua Train where several helicopters from the Venezuelan forces were present during the first days of the week.
As informed sources confirmed to EL TIEMPO, the operations were effectively aimed at locate Niño Guerrero and another leader of the Aragua Train identified as Johan Petrica.
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Who was alias Niño Guerrero, head of the Aragua Train?
Héctor Guerrero Flores, alias Niño Guerrerois considered the top boss of the Aragua Traina transnational gang born in the prisons of Venezuela and classified as terrorist for Washington.
The US government accuses Guerrero of converting a prison gang focused on extortion and bribery in a criminal organization with continental reach.
The United States kills Niño Guerrero, top leader of the Aragua Train. Photo:Private file
Persecuted as one of the most wanted criminals in South Americawas fugitive since 2023when the Venezuelan authorities carried out an operation in the Tocorón prisonconsidered the base of operations of the organization.
‘Warrior Boy’ was sanctioned in 2025 by the Treasury Departmentlike others five members of the Aragua Trainamong them the lieutenant Yohan José Romero, known as Johan Petrica.
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In the publication in which he announced Guerrero’s death, Trump also took the opportunity to launch a criticism of his predecessor, former president Joe Bidenwhom he accused of open borders to thousands of illegal criminals who, according to him, carried out murders and rapes on US soil.
Warrior Child. Photo:Courtesy
Trump assured that during his campaign he committed to expel criminalsso he mentioned that the operation against Guerrero did justice for the victims of the criminals of the Aragua Train in your country.
“At the beginning of my administration I kept my promise to designate the Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization, deport thousands of criminals and declare war on the cartels“he added.
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