Mayor of city in Mexico killed in apparent decapitation
Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday, just six days after he was elected the mayor of Chilpancingo, a city around 170 miles south of Mexico City with a population of around 280,000. Officials confirmed the murder from the gory photos of his decapitated head, which were shared on messaging platform WhatsApp this week.
Mexico Mayor Pleaded for More Security Hours Before Being Decapitated
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Mexican local mayor went alone to meeting before his brutal killing
The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town meeting before he was killed, Mexico's security minister said on Tuesday about a murder which has shocked the country.
The mayor of a state capital in Mexico is killed less than 1 week after he took office
Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, hijacked a government armored car and took police hostage in 2023 to win the release of arrested suspects.
Mexico mayor’s decapitated head found on his car six days after taking office
The decapitated head of a mayor in Mexico was found atop his car just six days into his tenure, marking the second official to be murdered in Guerrero’s capital in less than a week. The body
Mexican mayor assassinated six days after taking office, three days after city secretary was killed
Alejandro Arcos, mayor of the Mexican city Chilpancingo, was murdered on Sunday after just 6 days in office, the state's governor confirmed on Monday. The murder comes three days after the city secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot and killed.
4 mayors in Mexico ask for protection after another was beheaded
Officials say four mayors in Mexico have asked federal authorities for protection after a colleague was beheaded last week in the southern state of Guerrero
Mexican mayor assassinated in a reported beheading, days after taking office
The mayor of a violence-plagued state in southern Mexico was assassination in a reported beheading. He was killed less than a week after being sworn in.
Mexican Mayors Request Federal Protection After Colleague's Beheading in Guerrero
Federal Public Safety Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch has denied that Mayor Arcos submitted any formal request before his untimely death
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Chilpancingo mayor murdered as organized crime tightens grip on Guerrero
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Mayor in Guerrero, Mexico assassinated less than 1 week after taking office
Relatives on Monday buried the mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico who was killed just one week after he took office.
Mexican mayor's severed head placed atop pickup truck 6 days after taking office
The mayor of a violence-plagued city in Mexico was killed on Sunday with his decapitated body left in a pickup truck and his ...
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Shock and Mourning: Violent Assassination of Chilpancingo Mayor
The mayor of Chilpancingo, Alejandro Arcos, was murdered shortly after taking office, sparking outrage in Mexico. Arcos was ...
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Mexico President Sheinbaum Pledges To Find Killers Behind Brutal Murder Of Guerrero Mayor
Mayor Alejandro Arcos Catalan, who had just taken office the same day as Sheinbaum, was found murdered brutally Sunday.
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Chilpancingo Mayor Alejandro Arcos Brutally Slain Just Days After Inauguration – ‘Our Community Suffers
In a shocking and ruthless act of violence, Alejandro Arcos, the newly sworn-in mayor of Chilpancingo, the beleaguered ...