Operación Escorpión
Part ofMexican Drug War
Date August 28, 2011 – October 31, 2011 Location Tamaulipas,Nuevo León,Coahuila andSan Luis Potosí, Mexico Result Mexican Army victory
Belligerents
Mexican Army	Gulf Cartel Los Zetas Cartel[1]
Commanders and leaders
Felipe Calderón Guillermo Galván Galván	Miguel Treviño Morales (POW) Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano †
Strength
1,500 soldiers[2]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
2 killed 18 wounded	112 killed 1,093 arrested

Operación Escorpión (Operation Scorpion), was a military operation conducted by the MexicanSecretariat of National Defense, 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.^[3]

• 130 kidnapped persons freed
• 1,093 criminals arrested
• 50032.64 kg ofmarijuana
• 18.765 doses of marijuana
• 26.256 kgcocaine
• 12.417 doses of cocaine
• 4,286 kg ofcrack cocaine
• 40.553 doses of crack
• $11'720,642Mexican pesos
• $910,000United States dollars
• 735.843 liters of fuel
• 34 Tons ofsteel
• 3,099firearms
• 14,272magazines
• 381.706cartridges of various calibres
• 345grenades
• 28grenade 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
• Tacticalload 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

• 2 soldiers killed in action
• 18 soldiers injured in the line of duty

• Battles and operations of the Mexican drug war
• 2011 in Mexico
• Gulf Cartel
• Los Zetas
• 21st century in Tamaulipas
• 21st century in Nuevo León
• 21st century in Coahuila
• History of San Luis Potosí
• August 2011 in Mexico
• September 2011 in Mexico
• October 2011 in Mexico

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