Operación Escorpión (Operation Scorpion), was a military operation conducted by the Mexican
Secretariat of National Defense
The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA); es, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional is the government department responsible for managing Mexico's Army and Air Forces. Its head is the Secretary of National Defense who, like the co-equa ...
, from August 28 to October 31, 2011, in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí. The prime objective was to weaken the Zetas and Gulf cartels. During the operation, 75 attacks from the criminals were prevented and repelled.
Operación Escorpión SEDENA
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Seized assets and achievements
* 130 kidnapped persons freed
* 1,093 criminals arrested
* 50032.64 kg of marijuana
* 18.765 doses of marijuana
* 26.256 kg cocaine
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* 12.417 doses of cocaine
* 4,286 kg of crack cocaine
* 40.553 doses of crack
* $11'720,642 Mexican pesos
* $910,000 United States dollar
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* 735.843 liters of fuel
* 34 Tons of steel
* 3,099 firearms
* 14,272 magazines
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* 381.706 cartridge
Cartridge may refer to:
Objects
* Cartridge (firearms), a type of modern ammunition
* ROM cartridge, a removable component in an electronic device
* Cartridge (respirator), a type of filter used in respirators
Other uses
* Cartridge (surname), a ...
s of various calibres
* 345 grenades
* 28 grenade launchers
* 7 antitank weapons
* 4 rockets
* 40 motorcycles
* 49 different types of trailers
* 9 boats
* 1,355 vehicles (62 of them armored)
* Tactical equipment
* Uniforms
* Body armor
* Tactical load carrying suspenders
* Communications equipment
* 53 pirate taxis
* More than 3,000 auto parts (reported as stolen)
* 27 illegal casinos were closed
* 22 "dark trades" were closed (legal businesses working as fronts for illegal drug trade and brothels)
* 492 corrupt policemen arrested
* 175 suspicious policemen detained
* 112 attackers killed
* 75 attacks repelled
Operation casualties
* 2 soldiers killed in action
* 18 soldiers injured in the line of duty
References
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Battles of the Mexican drug war
Military operations involving Mexico
Operations against organized crime in Mexico
Gulf Cartel
Los Zetas