Venezuelan gang leader killed in US military strike, Trump says

Venezuelan gang leader killed in US military strike, Trump says Donald Trump has shared a video of the execution of 'bloodthirsty' terrorist leader Nino Guerrero, whose full name is Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, the longtime leader of Tren de Aragua The "infamous leader" of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua street gang has been killed in a "swift and lethal kinetic" US military strike according to Donald Trump. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump wrote: "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." He added: "Tren de Aragua terrorists no longer have safe haven in Venezuela or anywhere else and, under my leadership, we will find these vicious murderers and drug lords anytime, anyplace, and send them to the depths of hell where they belong." Trump shared a dramatic video appearing to show a shot from above of a small building with a green roof exploding. While Trump did not say when the strike took place, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X that it occurred earlier in the week on a Tren de Aragua compound in Venezuela. Venezuelan authorities have not yet commented on the operation. It comes as the US Central Command said it had brought down multiple Iranian one-way attack drones which it said were attempting to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which has been a contentious point in the peace talks. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said changes were still possible to a peace deal between his country and the US that would see an end to the conflict, after both side signalled and agreement was near. He added that the tentative agreement showed his country had emerged stronger from the conflict. "Iran is the winner of the war with the US," he said on state television. Follow our live blog for the latest updates by clicking here.