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Mexican police held over murders

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Ten Mexican police officers have been detained in connection with the torture and murder of 12 federal agents during a major escalation in the drug war.

The arrests come as more than 5,000 troops and federal police are deployed in the western state of Michoacan.

Charles Scanlon reports.

READ MORE: New escalation in Mexico drug war

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