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The 2018 Cabo San Lucas shootout occurred in Baja California Sur in 2018 during the Mexican Drug War. With Tijuana in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel's hands, the CJNG attempted to finish off Tijuana by capturing Baja California Sur. The CJNG attempted an amphibious assault on Cabo San Lucas from Nayarit, sending 740 gunmen to assault the state, defended by 580 gunmen. In a massive shootout at Cabo San Lucas, 730 Jaliscans and 360 Tijuana gunmen were killed, and the Jaliscans were forced to retreat to Nayarit in defeat.

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