Operation Michoacán
| Operation Michoacán | |||||||||
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| Part of Mexican Drug War | |||||||||
Mexican Army soldiers take cover during a gun battle in Apatzingan, Michoacán in August 2007. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Mexico
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La Nueva Familia Michoacana Organization (since 2011) La Familia Michoacana Knights Templar Cartel (Dis) Los Viagras Los Blancos De Troya Cárteles Unidos (Since 2010) Since 2010: Gulf cartel Sinaloa cartel |
Jalisco New Generation Cartel (Since 2013) Zicuirán New Generation Cartel ( March 15, 2020) |
(2006-2012): Los Zetas Juárez Cartel Beltrán-Leyva Organization Tijuana Cartel | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Former commanders |
Nazario Moreno González † José de Jesús Méndez Vargas (POW) Servando Gómez Martínez (POW) Dionicio Loya Plancarte (POW) | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 12,000 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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60 soldiers killed 400 police officers killed | 500 killed | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Operation Michoacán (Spanish: Operativo Conjunto Michoacán) was a joint operation by Federal Police and the Mexican military to eliminate drug plantations and to combat drug trafficking. Initiated on December 11, 2006, the operation was supervised by The Secretary of Public Safety, Attorney General of Mexico, Secretary of the Interior, Mexican Navy and Mexican Army.
On some occasions, state and municipal police have participated despite not being part of it. The joint operation has distinguished itself as one of the operations against organized crime, drug trafficking in this case, which has employed the largest number of military and police elements, as well as most state forces.