United States President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US armed forces had executed Niño Guerrero, the leader of Tren De Aragua, a crime syndicate in Venezuela, which Trump called 'one of the most bloodthirsty terrorist organizations on planet Earth'.
The US President said that Niño Guerrero was killed in a kinetic strike carried out by the United States Southern Command on his orders. He also shared a classified video of the strike in a post on Truth Social, showing a seemingly green rooftop exploding into a cloud of smoke and debris after being hit.
'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 in a lengthy post on Truth Social.
Trump sought to attack his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden for opening the southern border for 'millions of illegal criminals' following which, he claimed, that members of Tren De Aragua 'rape, maim, and murder American citizens with total impunity'.
The killing of the 'foreign army's' leader brought retribution for the families of the victims of the violence inflicted by the organisation, Trump said.
'During my Campaign, I pledged to expel these monsters from our Country, and bring Justice to the families of those they slaughtered, including the precious 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, 22-year-old Laken Reilly, and countless other beautiful souls. With this action, the United States Military has brought retribution for them, their families, and their loved ones,' he wrote.
