Operación Escorpión

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

Operación Escorpión (Operation Scorpion), was a military operation conducted by the Mexican Secretariat 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.