CAUGHT ON VIDEO- Mexican Cops Arrested For Murder After Killing Migrant Woman With A Knee Across The Neck

Four municipal police officers are in custody and under investigation for murder following the death of a Salvadoran woman who was violently pinned to the ground while she was being arrested in Tulum, Quintana Roo, on Saturday.

Video footage shows a female officer with her knee on the back of a woman who has been identified as 36-year-old migrant Victoria Esperanza Salazar, a mother of two teenage daughters who was living in Tulum on a humanitarian visa.

In the footage, Salazar, who was apparently arrested for disturbing the peace, can be heard moaning in pain and is seen writhing on the road next to a police vehicle as she was held down for more than 20 seconds. Three male police are also present, one of whom appears to help the female offer restrain Salazar.

Video footage also shows officers subsequently picking up the woman’s limp body and placing her in the back of a police truck.

The Quintana Roo Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said Salazar appeared to have died during her arrest and that a murder investigation had been opened. It said forensic medial experts identified that two of her upper vertebrae were broken and determined that the injury was the cause of her death.

The spinal injury is compatible with the “submission maneuvers” of the police, the FGE said, adding that the force used by the police was disproportionate, unreasonable and generated a high risk of death.