Colombia Captures Top Tren de Aragua Boss | Dover News

Dover News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 29, 2026 · 1m

Colombian forces just arrested Luis Saúl Pérez Nieto, a high-ranking Tren de Aragua gang leader, in a major blow to Venezuela’s drug and weapons trafficking network. Known as “Páez” or “Nairobi,” he escaped prison last year alongside the gang’s former boss — now dead after a U.S. strike. The takedown marks a key victory for Colombia’s new president, who’s ramping up anti-drug efforts with U.S. military backing. With Tren de Aragua officially labeled a terrorist group by the U.S., joint operations across Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile are intensifying along shared borders — as conservative…