MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The police chief in Cancún has been relieved of his duties and placed under house arrest while he is investigated in the killing of a retired Mexican general who had been the area's anti-drug chief for less than 24 hours, Mexican media are reporting. 

A Mexican soldier guards the entrance at a Cancún police station where the military is investigating a murder. 

Francisco Velasco Delgado was detained by military officials early Monday and flown to Mexico City, where he was placed under 45 days of house arrest, according to the media reports. 

With Delgado's removal, the military has taken over the Cancún police force, several newspapers reported. 

Cancún Mayor Gregorio Sanchez Martinez said the move was made "to facilitate all types of investigations into the triple murder that happened last week," the Diario de Yucatan newspaper said. 

Salvador Rocha Vargas, the secretary for public security for the state of Quintana Roo, will lead the police force. He said he will take all the pertinent measures "to clean up the Cancún police," the Excelsior newspaper reported Tuesday. 

Retired Gen. Mauro Enrique Tello Quinonez's bullet-riddled body was found a week ago on a road outside Cancún. Authorities said he had been tortured before being shot 11 times. 

His aide and a driver also were tortured and killed. 

Quintana Roo state prosecutor Bello Melchor Rodriguez y Carrillo said last week there was no doubt Tello and the others were victims of organized crime. 

"The general was the most mistreated," Rodriguez y Carrillo said at a news conference. "He had burns on his skin and bones in his hands and wrists were broken." 
Why was the police chief removed from his position?
Who is the general?
What did he do?
Is the government investigating the murder?
How many times was the general shot?
Who is the prosecutor?
Did he think the police chief is part of the mob?
Who is in charge of Cancún's police force now?
Who is in charge of the police force?
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he is investigated in the killing of a retired Mexican general
he is investigated in the killing of a retired Mexican general
Mauro Enrique Tello Quinonez
Mauro Enrique Tello Quinonez
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The police chief in Cancún has been relieved of his duties and placed under house arrest while he is investigated in the killing of a retired Mexican general who had been the area's anti-drug chief for less than 24 hours, Mexican media are reporting.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The police chief in Cancún has been relieved of his duties and placed under house arrest while he is investigated in the killing of a retired Mexican general who had been the area's anti-drug chief for less than 24 hours, Mexican media are reporting. 

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Francisco Velasco Delgado was detained by military officials early Monday and flown to Mexico City, where he was placed under 45 days of house arrest, according to the media reports. 

11 times.
11 times. 
Bello Melchor Rodriguez y Carrillo
Bello Melchor Rodriguez y Carrillo
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Quintana Roo state prosecutor Bello Melchor Rodriguez y Carrillo said last week there was no doubt Tello and the others were victims of organized crime. 

the military
 the military
the military
the military 
Salvador Rocha Vargas
Salvador Rocha Vargas