After newly elected mayor is beheaded in Mexico, others ask federal authorities for protection
Federal Public Safety Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said four mayors requested protection on Monday, a day after Arcos' remains were found. The requests came from Guerrero and another violence-plagued state, Guanajuato. The situation in Guanajuato is so bad that ahead of the country's June elections, at least four mayoral candidates were killed.
The mayor of a state capital in Mexico is killed less than 1 week after taking office
Police and Mexico's National guard filled the streets of Chilpancingo in Guerrero state Sunday after the Mayor was killed just a week after he took office.
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
Mayor reportedly beheaded days after taking office in Mexico
The mayor of a city in southern Mexico has been murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks on politicians in the violence-plagued Latin American country.
The shocking case of a Mexico mayor, who was beheaded just days after he was sworn in
Alejandro Arcos Catalan, the newly elected mayor of the violence-plagued city of Mexico’s Chilpancingo, was found murdered recently in his pickup truck. The 43-year-old leader had taken office, a day
Mexico Mayor Pleaded for More Security Hours Before Being Decapitated
Guerrero has been one of the most dangerous states in Mexico over the past year, recording 1,890 murders in 2023
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
Mayor of city in Mexico killed in apparent decapitation
The mayor of a town in southern Mexico was brutally murdered less than a week after he took office, as photos circulated of his severed head sitting on a pickup truck. Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday,
Mexican Local Mayor Went Alone to Meeting Before His Brutal Killing
A portrait of Alejandro Arcos, the mayor of Chilpancingo who was killed on Sunday less than a week after taking office, is shown at his funeral service as Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum is set to unveil a new security policy,
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.
In Mexico, a Mayor Is Brutally Killed Just Days After Taking Office
The gruesome killing represents yet another challenge for the country’s new president, who faces increasing pressure to show ...
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 ...
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Mexico mayor murdered days after taking office
The mayor of a city in southern Mexico has been murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said Sunday, the ...
Mexico unveils new security strategy as slain mayor mourned
STORY: In this crowded church in southwestern Mexico, people gathered to say goodbye to a mayor who was brutally murdered six ...