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Pete Hegseth: “We were able to identify where [Nino Guerrero] was and kill…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 13:42

This is a huge deal. I mean, they invited our military in because they have a foreign terrorist organization on their soil in Trend Aragua, the founder and leader. And We were able to identify where [Nino Guerrero] was and kill him just like we would kill Al Qaeda or ISIS. and we did in the Middle East. We treat these foreign terrorist organizations the same way, just like we do with drug boats when we identify they're run by those FTOs. (13:42–13:48)

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Asserts that the U.S. military successfully targeted and killed Nino Guerrero, leader of a Venezuelan gang, similar to operations against Al Qaeda or ISIS.

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