Police stand guard at Benito Juarez International Airport after three officers were shot dead on June 25.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The reshuffling comes nearly two months after three officers were killed in a shootout
- Two suspects in the shooting, accused being tied to a drug trafficking cell, remain at large
- Police are offering a reward for information leading to their capture
(CNN) -- Mexican authorities have replaced 348 federal police at the country's largest airport after a shootout there left three officers dead.
The officers have been moved from Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport to assignments in other states, federal police said in a statement Sunday. They were replaced by officers who went through a "double background check," the statement said.
The reshuffling comes nearly two months after a shooting sent passengers scrambling and left shattered glass on the ground near a food court at the airport.


The shootout occurred when police were moving in to arrest fellow officers suspected of involvement in a drug trafficking ring, authorities have said.
The two officers accused in the shooting, Daniel Cruz Garcia and Zeferino Morales Franco, remain at large. Authorities are offering a 3.4 million-peso ($260,000) reward for information leading to their capture.


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