2012 Guazapa shootout and cocaine seizure

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Operation José Luís Obregón y Molina
Part of the Mara War
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A helicopter of the Zapatista Departmental Police firing upon the Menjívar Family Cartel compound around midnight.
Date11:55 p.m. – 1:12 a.m.; 3–4 November 2012
Location
Result

Government victory

  • Compound captured and later destroyed
  • 25 tons of cocaine seized
Belligerents

Creeperian government

Drug cartel and gang affiliates

Commanders and leaders
Units involved
Cartel and gang members
Strength
200 personel ~70 combatants
Casualties and losses
  • 12 dead
  • 51 wounded
  • 21 dead
  • 14 executed
  • 29 arrested (all wounded)

On the night of 3 to 4 November 2012, the Creeperian government ministries of Defense, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence conducted a joint-operation, named Operation José Luís Obregón y Molina,[note 1] in Guazapa, Zapatista, against a compound controlled by the Menjívar Family Cartel, the then largest drug cartel in the department of Zapatista.

After the shootout, the Creeperian government seized a record 25 tons of cocaine worth an estimated ₡13.04 billion colóns,[note 2] the largest single seizure of illegal drugs in history.

Background

Government organization

Ministry of Defense
Commanded by Colonel Víctor Orlando Carpio y Galdámez
Ministry of Law Enforcement
Commanded by Major Francisco Gustavo Mena y Luján
Ministry of Intelligence
  • Detachment D3 – 25 deployed
Commanded by Major José de Jesús Franco y León

Shootout

Aftermath

Arrests and extrajudicial executions

Seizure of cocaine

See also

Notes

  1. Creeperian: Operación José Luís Obregón y Molina
  2. ₵1.63 billion credits.

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