A Mexican mayor and four police officers were arrested in connection with the murder of 10 people whose bodies were burned, officials said Monday, in the latest scandal involving the country's security forces.

The victims were found in a charred pickup truck in the western state of Michoacan on Saturday. The authorities initially believed the vehicle had exploded during a fuel theft.

But the state's attorney general, Jose Martin Godoy, said the mayor of the municipality of Alvaro Obregon and four police officers, including a commander, were arrested over the deaths.

Michoacan Governor Silvano Aureoles had earlier said the town's police chief, his deputy and an investigator were detained for questioning.

The investigation is "strengthening the hypothesis" of involvement by "municipal officers," Aureoles told reporters, adding that there were also "some direct accusations" against the mayor.

Police officers in three Alvaro Obregon municipal vehicles detained a group of people on Friday night at a grocery store in the town of Cuitzeo and forced them into a red pickup truck, Godoy said.

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