Transnational Venezuelan gang, now a designated foreign terrorist organization, leader killed in 2026.
President Donald Trump has announced that U.S. Southern Command has killed Héctor Guerrero Flores, alias Niño Guerrero, the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, in a strike in Bolívar state. Venezuela’s government has confirmed its forces participated. U.S. officials have previously charged Guerrero and labelled Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organisation.