Key facts
- U.S. forces conducted a kinetic strike targeting Hector Guerrero Flores.
- Hector Guerrero Flores was the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang.
- The Tren de Aragua gang is described as a transnational criminal network.
- The strike was coordinated with the government in Caracas.
- The U.S. Army is preparing for executions of its four death-row inmates.
- Executions are pending presidential approval.
- Mexico is pushing back against President Trump's pressure on cartels.
- President Trump participated in an exclusive interview.
President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces carried out a "swift and lethal kinetic strike" that killed Hector Guerrero Flores, identified as the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang, a transnational criminal network. Trump stated that this strike was coordinated with the government in Caracas.