Operation Coyote

Operation Coyote
Part of Human trafficking in the United States
DateJune–September 2014
Location
Arizona, Texas, Maryland, US
Belligerents
Homeland Security Coyote smugglers
Casualties and losses
540 arrested
$950K seized
56 vehicles seized[1]

Operation Coyote[2] was a United States Department of Homeland Security 90-day effort to track and seize revenue generated by Mexican cartels in the human smuggling trade along the Mexico–United States border.

  1. ^ Damien Cave, Frances Robles, A Smuggled Girl’s Odyssey of False Promises and Fear, Nytimes.com, 5 October 2014
  2. ^ Corchado, Alfredo (2014-08-29). "For some cartels, human smuggling has taken priority over drugs". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2016-03-12.