Venezuela confirmed late Friday the death of the leader of the Tren de Aragua, a transnational gang founded in Venezuela, during a “joint operation” with the United States.

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“There were clashes with members of these criminal structures, in which Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias ‘Nino Guerrero,’ was neutralized,” the Ministry of Communications said in a statement.

US President Donald Trump said earlier Friday that the US had carried out a deadly strike on the leader.

AFP