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Mexican Town's Entire Police Force Detained After Politician's Murder

State police rounded up every member of Ocampo's department just days after a mayoral candidate died in a hail of gunfire. The victim was one of scores of Mexican politicians killed in the past year.
A hearse carrying the body of slain mayoral candidate Fernando Ángeles Juárez drives to a burial site last week in Ocampo, Mexico.

Typically, when a headline pairs the words "police" and "arrest," it's fair to assume those police officers carried out the arrest. It's in their job description, after all.

But what unfolded early Sunday in the Mexican state of Michoacán

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