Operation Chihuahua

Operation Chihuahua/Juarez
Part of Mexican Drug War
Date27 March 2008 – present
Location
Result Ongoing
Belligerents

 Mexico

Sinaloa Cartel
Gente Nueva
Los Mexicles
Artistas Asesinos
Juárez Cartel
La Línea
Commanders and leaders
Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador
(2018–present)
Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto
(2012–18)
Mexico Felipe Calderón
(2008–12)
Mexico Guillermo Galván Galván
(2008–12)
Mexico Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda
(2012–18)
Mexico Luis Cresencio Sandoval
(2018–present)
Mexico Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza
(2008–12)
Mexico Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz
(2012–18)
Mexico José Rafael Ojeda Durán
(2018–present)
Joaquín Guzmán Loera (Captured)
Ismael Zambada García
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (Captured)
Jose Luis Fratello

Coordinated Operation Chihuahua or formerly known as Joint Operation Chihuahua is a Military and Federal Police operation started in 2008 by the Mexican Army and Policía Federal Preventiva. The objective is to "besiege" Ciudad Juárez to concentrate forces and saturate the area to confront the three cartels already operating in the city. Ciudad Juárez is known to be one of the most dangerous cities in the Americas. In the year 2007 more than 100 police officers were killed in Juárez in attacks blamed on organized crime. As a result of drug cartel violence, President Felipe Calderón has previously launched other Joint Operations in other states.[1]

  1. ^ Medellín, Jorge Alejandro (March 1, 2009). "Juárez bajo sitio militar" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2009.