In Mexico, the mayor of a state capital has been 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.
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The gruesome killing represents yet another challenge for the country’s new president, who faces increasing pressure to show progress in the fight against violent cartels.
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Alejandro Arcos' murder came days after the killing of another city official. according to the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Mexican mayor murdered days after taking office
The mayor of a city in southern Mexico was murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said, a crime condemned by President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday as "deplorable."
Mexican Mayor Killed One Week Into Term
Alejandro Arcos, the newly appointed mayor of the Mexican city of Chilpancingo, has been killed one week after his inauguration.
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 latest in a series of attacks on politicians in the violence-plagued Latin American country.
Mexican Mayor Assassinated Days After Taking Office
Arcos' social media posts show the mayor in recent days had been supervising disaster relief efforts following the impact of Hurricane John last month, which caused severe floodin
Mayor reportedly beheaded days after taking office in Mexico
Alejandro Arcos' murder came days after the killing of another city official. according to the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Mexican mayor murdered days after starting job
The mayor of a Mexican city plagued by drug violence has been murdered less than a week after taking office. Alejandro Arcos was found dead on Sunday in Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people in the southwestern state of Guerrero.
Mexican mayor ‘decapitated’ by drug gangs six days into job
The mayor of a Mexican city plagued by gang violence has been murdered less than a week after taking office. Photos circulating online among locals showed what appeared to be Alejandro Arcos’s severed head on top of a Volkswagen pick-up truck and the rest of his body inside a car in the Villas del Roble neighbourhood,
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