Battle of Ruíz
| Battle of Ruíz | |||||||
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| 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] | |||||||
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 to attack his ex-ally and the other rival cartels.[2] Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel and La Familia Michoacana do a coalition to contrast Los Zetas and this one began a coalition with Juárez Cartel and Beltrán-Leyva Cartel starting violent clashes all over Mexico.[3][4] On 25 may 2011, near Ruiz, Nayarit, Sinaloa Cartel attack 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 all the victims were all hitmen and for the most part zetas.[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.
- ^ Hernández, Jaime (4 March 2010). "EU: alarma guerra "Zetas"-El Golfo". El Universal.
- ^ "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.