Washington DC, June 13 -- US President Donald Trump said on Friday (local time) that at his command, the US Southern Command killed a Venezuela-based gang Tren De Aragua's leader, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Nino Guerrero, in coordination with their authorities.

In a post on Truth Social, he shared the details and said, "At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Nino Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth."

The action was taken in close coordination with Venezuelan authorities. Trump said, "Tren de Aragua terrorists no longer have safe haven in Venezuela or any...