MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A leader of armed vigilantes who are helping federal security forces combat a violent drug gang in western Mexico has been arrested on suspicion of murder, which could test the fragile peace the government has built there.
The attorney general's office in the state of Michoacan said late on Tuesday it detained Hipolito Mora on suspicion that he and others in his group took part in the killing of two men whose charred remains were found on Saturday.
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