Conflict: | Operación Lince Norte |
Partof: | Mexican Drug War |
Date: | July 16, 2011 – August 4, 2011 |
Place: | Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila and San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
Status: | Mexican Army victory |
Combatant1: | |
Combatant2: | |
Commander1: | Felipe Calderón Guillermo Galván Galván Noé Sandoval Alcázar |
Strength1: | 4,000 soldiers |
Strength2: | unknown |
Casualties1: | 1 killed 21 wounded |
Casualties2: | 30 killed 11 wounded |
Operación Lince Norte (Operation Lynx North), was a military operation conducted by the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense, from July 16 to August 4, 2011, in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi. The prime objective was to weaken the Los Zetas Cartel and the Gulf cartel.
During the operation, 26 attacks from the criminals were prevented and repelled.[1]