page_title: Operation Michoacán
section_title: Local government officials arrested
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Michoacán / 2009 / Local government officials arrested
caption_attribution_description: Fuerzas policiales de la PFP alistándose para cateos en Michoacán, México.
context_page_description: Operation Michoacán was a joint operation by Federal Police and the Mexican military to eliminate drug plantations and to combat drug trafficking. Initiated on December 11, 2006, the operation was supervised by The Secretary of Public Safety, Attorney General of Mexico, Secretary of the Interior, Mexican Navy and Mexican Army.
  On some occasions, state and municipal police have participated despite not being part of it. The joint operation has distinguished itself as one of the operations against organized crime, drug trafficking in this case, which has employed the largest number of military and police elements, as well as most state forces.
context_section_description: On May 2009,  federal officers detained 10 mayors of Michoacán and 20 other local officials suspected of being associated with the cartel
caption: Federal Police forces arrive in search of cartel suspects.
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