Battle of Ruíz
2011 Mexican gang battle
| Battle of Ruíz | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Mexican Drug War | |||||||
 Ruíz in map, where the battle was fought | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sinaloa Cartel |  Los Zetas | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | A convoy with lot of trucks and two Narco tanks | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown, light | Unknown, heavy | ||||||
| 29 deaths, 4 injured and one Narco tank destroyed[1] | |||||||
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Mexican drug war
Projects and operations:
- Community Shield
- Gunrunner
- Jump Start
- Michoacán
- Wide Receiver
- Baja California
- Solare
- Xcellerator
- Sinaloa
- Nuevo León-Tamaulipas
- Guerrero
- Chihuahua
- Quintana Roo
- Coronado
- Fast and Furious
- Phalanx
- Southern Tempest
- Lince Norte
- Escorpión
- Delirium
- Laguna Segura
- Safe Veracruz
- Safe San Luis Potosi
- Neza
- State of Mexico
- Blue Storm
- Kruz Control
- Terminus
- Bishop
- Coyote
- Wildfire
- Black Swan
- Diablo Express
- Shadowfire
- Culiacán
Events:
- El Chapo manhunt
- Morelia
- 1st Juárez prison
- Arivaca
- Guanajuato & Hidalgo
- Juárez rehab
- Villas de Salvárcar
- Chihuahua
- Nuevo León
- Guerrero
- San Fernando (2010)
- Saric
- Puebla
- San Luis Potosi
- San Fernando (2011)
- Durango
- Tucson
- Ruíz
- Coahuila
- 1st Matamoros
- Monterrey
- Altamira
- Apodaca
- Nuevo Laredo
- Boca del Río
- Cadereyta Jiménez
- Nogales
- La Joya
- Iguala
- Jalisco
- San Sebastián del Oeste
- Tanhuato-Ecuandureo
- Topo Chico
- Chimney Canyon
- Salamanca
- Minatitlán
- Uruapan
- Coatzacoalcos
- W Michoacan
- LeBarón & Langford
- Villa Unión
- Cieneguillas
- Uruapan arcade
- Madera
- Irapuato
- Camargo
- Coatepec Harinas
- Doctor Coss
- Aguililla
- Tarecuato
- Tula
- Las Tinajas
- Celaya
- Tuzantla
- San Miguel Totolapan
- 2nd Juárez prison
- Sinaloa unrest
- 2nd Matamoros
- Ensenada
- Salvatierra
- Ciudad Obregón
Topics:
Mexico is supported by the United States in this conflict through the Mérida Initiative.
The Battle of Ruíz was one of the most violent clashes between criminal organizations in Mexico between Sinaloa Cartel and Los Zetas.
History
After the split from Gulf Cartel, Los Zetas started its ex-ally and the other rival cartels.[2] Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel and La Familia Michoacana formed a coalition to oppose Los Zetas, who formed their own coalition in turn with the Juárez Cartel and the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel starting violent clashes all over Mexico.[3][4] On 25 may 2011, near Ruiz, Nayarit, Sinaloa Cartel attacked a convoy of Los Zetas, starting a violent battle in which two Narco tanks were used.[5] At the end of the battle, one of the most violent among drug cartels, there were a total of 29 dead, including a Guatemalan, 3 wounded and a narco tank destroyed. According to the police, the casualties were mostly Zeta gunmen.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- ^ "Law and Order in Mexico". GrimesandWarwick. June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012.
- ^ "México: Los Zetas rompen con el Cartel del Golfo". BBC Mundo | Semana.com. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ Hernández, Jaime (4 March 2010). "EU: alarma guerra "Zetas"-El Golfo". El Universal. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Los 29 muertos en Nayarit pertenecían al cártel de Sinaloa y a 'Los Zetas'". expansion.mx. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- ^ "México: Tiroteo entre cartel de Sinaloa y Los Zetas dejó 29 muertos". rpp.pe. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
