US President Donald Trump has said a "swift and lethal kinetic" US military strike has killed "the infamous leader" of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang.
Tren de Aragua has been labelled by the US as a terrorist organisation.
In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump wrote: "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."
The gang's leader, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, was charged in a New York federal court in December with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists in crimes that stretched more than a decade.
US attorney Jay Clayton said at the time that the gang is responsible for countless acts of violence, extortion and drug trafficking in North America, South America and Europe.
The US State Department had offered rewards of up to $5m for information leading to Guerrero Flores' arrest.
Venezuelan authorities have not yet commented on the operation.
Source: Sky News
--Agencies
