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Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he has suspended Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi and Sweetwater Mayor Manuel Marono from office after they were arrested by the FBI on public corruption charges Tuesday. Both mayors accepted thousands of dollars in bribes in separate schemes, authorities said. The mayors were arrested by agents at their City Hall offices, following a two-year public corruption investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI said during a news conference Tuesday afternoon. “This is a sad day for South Florida, this betrayal of our public trust is intolerable,” U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer said. The defendants, including two lobbyists who are also involved in the alleged bribery schemes, Jorge Forte and Richard Candia, have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right, authorities said.