MORELIA, Mexico: The leader of one of Mexico's first anti-crime vigilante groups was arrested along with 26 supporters over a shootout that killed his son and 10 others, authorities said.

Hipolito Mora was taken in on an arrest warrant Saturday for "probable murder" in the bloody December 16 episode with a rival group, said the central government's special commissioner for Michoacan state, Alfredo Castillo.

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