Mayors Arrested

A sign of the corruption of the Mexican state at its lowest levels, or an example of army overreaction? Or both? Soldiers arrested six different mayors in Michoacán earlier today, as well as an official in the state attorney general's office, presumably because of suspected collusion with organized crime. These mayors don't run small hamlets; Uruapan and Apatzingán are two of the bigger towns in the state. Each city's police force was also disarmed.

Update: the mayors are accused of protecting La Familia.

Further update: It wound up being ten mayors, a judge, and seventeen state officials wearing handcuffs by the end of the day.