Mexican mayor and officers arrested in murder of 10 people found burned
Mexican mayor and officers arrested in murder of 10 people found burned
Michoacán state prosecutor says that the mayor gave the order to four officers to kill 10 people and burn their bodies, motivated by a rivalry over drug sales
Simon Bowers
@sbowers00
Tuesday 2 August 2016 12.07 EDT
A mayor and four local police officers have been arrested in a western Mexican state in connection with the murder of 10 people, who were killed and burned over the weekend.
Governor Silvano Aureoles of Michoacán said in an interview with Imagen Radio on Tuesday that authorities initially thought the bodies found in a pickup near a gas pipeline in Cuitzeo had been somehow connected to illegal pipeline taps.
However, Aureoles said that the investigation eventually revealed that police from the town of Álvaro Obregón had detained the victims.
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The state prosecutor José Martín Godoy also said in a news conference on Monday night that the mayor gave the order. “After they were detained, on instructions from the mayor, the civilians were transported to a place in Álvaro Obregón where they were killed and then they took the bodies to a property in Cuitzeo where they set them on fire,” he said.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/02/mexico-mayor-four-officers-arrested-murder-burned-bodies
