Mexican town's whole police force held amid mayoral candidate killing probe

State police have detained and disarmed the entire police force of a town in western Mexico where a mayoral candidate was killed last week.

Mexican town's whole police force held amid mayoral candidate killing probe

State police have detained and disarmed the entire police force of a town in western Mexico where a mayoral candidate was killed last week.

Video of the detention aired by local media showed uniformed officers hitting each other as gunshots go off in the background in the town of Ocampo.

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