Casimiro Castillo
Casimiro Castillo | |
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Municipality | |
Location of the municipality in Jalisco | |
| Coordinates: 19°20′33″N 104°17′16″W / 19.34250°N 104.28778°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Jalisco |
| Area | |
• Total | 522.7 km2 (201.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 20,548 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Casimiro Castillo is a municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 522.7 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 COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.