2012 Guazapa shootout and cocaine seizure

Operation José Luís Obregón y Molina
Part of the Mara War
A helicopter of the Zapatista Departmental Police firing upon the Menjívar Family Cartel compound around midnight.
Date 11:55 p.m. – 1:12 a.m.; 3–4 November 2012 Location Guazapa, Zapatista, Creeperopolis Result Government victory Compound captured and later destroyed 25 tons of cocaine seized
Belligerents
Creeperian government MINDEF MINLEY MININT	Drug cartel and gang affiliates Menjívar Family Cartel Mara Salvatrucha Los'Conformistos
Commanders and leaders
Víctor Carpio Galdámez Francisco Mena Luján José Franco León	Vicente Menjívar Ussía † Adolfo Menjívar Ussía † Juan Beltrán Leyva † Nicolás Santín Guerrero
Units involved
150th Infantry Regiment Zapatista Departmental Police Detachment D3	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, 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, the largest single seizure of illegal drugs in history.

Government organization

Ministry of Defense

• 150th Infantry Regiment – 1,000 soldiers, but only 100 deployed

Commanded by Colonel Víctor Orlando Carpio y Galdámez

Ministry of Law Enforcement

• Zapatista Departmental Police – 75 deployed

Commanded by Major Francisco Gustavo Mena y Luján

Ministry of Intelligence

• Detachment D3 – 25 deployed

Commanded by Major José de Jesús Franco y León

See also

• List of organized shootouts of the Mara War

External links

• Video of a Zapatista Departmental Police helicopter firing upon the compound, 4 November 2012