Operación Lince Norte
Part of theMexican drug war
Date July 16, 2011 – August 4, 2011 Location Tamaulipas,Nuevo León,Coahuila andSan Luis Potosí, Mexico Status Mexican Army victory
Belligerents
Mexican Army	Gulf Cartel Los Zetas[1]
Commanders and leaders
Felipe Calderón Guillermo Galván Galván Noé Sandoval Alcázar	Miguel Treviño Morales Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano
Strength
4,000 soldiers[1]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed 21 wounded	30 killed 11 wounded

Operación Lince Norte (Operation Lynx North) was a military operation carried out by the MexicanSecretariat of National Defense from July 16 to August 4, 2011, in the states ofCoahuila,Nuevo León,Tamaulipas, andSan Luis Potosí. The main objective was to weakenLos Zetas and theGulf Cartel.

During the operation, 26 organized crime attacks were prevented and repelled.^[1]

• 1,217firearms
• 3.3 tons ofmarijuana
• 39,000,700United States dollars
• 260vehicles
• 188 communication equipment
• 14real estate properties

• Battles and operations of the Mexican drug war
• July 2011 in Mexico
• August 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

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• Short description is different from Wikidata