The mayor of a city in southern Mexico was murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said, a crime condemned ...

Only a week in office and the mayor of a small Mexican town is assassinated -- as cartel violence continues to spiral out of control.

For the second time in just over a week, violence has erupted in Guerrero, Mexico, resulting in the shocking murder of newly elected Chilpancingo Mayor Alejandro Arcos. Just six days after taking ...

Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will present a national security plan on Tuesday aimed at combating around 30,000 ...

Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a ...

The mayor of a crime-ridden city in Mexico has been killed less than a week after taking office, the latest in a string of ...

The mayor of the capital of southern Mexico's Guerrero state has been killed less than one week after he took office.

Mayor Alejandro Arcos of Chilpancingo, Mexico, has been confirmed dead less than a week after being sworn into the notoriously dangerous city's highest office.

Mexico is exceptionally deadly for political candidates and officials, who are routinely targeted by organized crime. The ...

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In the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero... police hold the scene where its new mayor was found dead.:: ...