Casimiro Castillo is a town and

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, in Jalisco in central-western

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. The municipality covers an area of 455.13 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 18,913. Five police officers from Casimiro Castillo were arrested for the murder of a young man on August 26, 2020. The body of Alfredo Sevilla, mayor on leave, was found at the bottom of a gully on March 10, 2021. As of March 11, 2021, the municipality reported 118 cases and 31 deaths related to the

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