The US military attack in Venezuela Friday that killed the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang reflects a strategic shift by US President Donald Trump toward direct US involvement in the war on drugs that began earlier this year, with a special focus this time on gaining access to Venezuela's lucrative mining sector, analysts told The Associated Press. Trump announced Friday the death of gang leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero in an airstrike on his compound in rural Venezuela. He has long accused Guerrero's organisation, also known as TDA, of terrorising communities across the United States, where it has been linked to extortion rackets, drug trafficking and illegal immigration.