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Extraordinary moment Mexico arrests town's ENTIRE police force of 28 officers 'over murder of a mayoral candidate' amid country's bloodiest election campaign
- All police in Ocampo arrested in internal affairs 'code of conduct' investigation
- Fernando Angeles Juarez, 64, was gunned down outside his home on Thursday
- Police stopped federal agents from arresting murder suspect in armed standoff
- Reinforcements made the arrest the next day and rounded up all the officers
- Mr Juarez is the third candidate in his state to be murdered in 10 days
- More than 120 candidates killed ahead of the July 1 elections, the most ever
An entire police force of 28 officers has been arrested over the murder of a mayoral candidate in western Mexico.
Each officer from the town of Ocampo was cuffed, disarmed, and interrogated by internal affairs officials of the Mexican Secretariat of Public Security.
The 64-year-old anti-corruption campaigner was gunned down outside his home in Ocampo by unknown shooters.
Photos in local media show the officers lined on the floor lying face down with their hands cuffed behind their backs.
They were officially being investigated for potential violations of the police code of conduct but authorities didn't give more details.
Mr Juarez was the third politician to be killed in the state of Michoacan in 10 days, and within 24 hours of one of them, Omar Gomez Lucatero.
More than 100 politicians have been murdered in Mexico ahead of next week's general election on July 1.
Ocampo's 28 police and the local public security secretary were arrested by federal forces on Sunday morning.
Local mayoral candidate Fernando Angeles Juarez, 64, was gunned down outside his home on Thursday
Relatives of Mr Juarez carry his coffin during his funeral in Ocampo on Thursday'All of the officers are being interviewed in accordance with the law,' a secretariat of Public Security statement said.
Following Mr Juarez's murder, local authorities accused Ocampo's public security secretary Oscar Gonzalez Garcia of being involved.
Local police officers prevented federal agents from arresting him on Saturday, leading to a standoff that saw the federales back down.
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