Tren de Aragua leader assassination puts Latin America on notice
On Friday evening, President Donald Trump announced that US forces had killed the head of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, in an air strike. In doing so, one of the hemisphere’s more notorious crime bosses was eliminated, and the Trump administration’s offensive against drug cartels and criminal groups claimed a major scalp. The operation, therefore, carried significance beyond law enforcement, representing another demonstration of Washington’s willingness to use force in pursuit of its objectives in the hemisphere. It highlights the Trump administration’s broader effort to exert influence in the region, which many have referred to as the “Donroe Doctrine”.
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