Tren de Aragua leader killed in US military strike, Trump says

Trump said the U.S. military "delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike."

June 12, 2026, 10:23 PM

The leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has been killed in a U.S. military strike, President Donald Trump said in a social media post Friday night.

"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," Trump said in the post.

PHOTO: VENEZUELA-US-DRUGS
This screen grab from a video posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account on June 12, 2026, shows what President Trump says is a deadly strike on the leader of Tren de Aragua.
Photo by US President Donald Trump's TRUTH Social account / AFP via Getty Images

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