The mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico has been killed just one week after he took office, officials said Sunday.

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

The gruesome killing represents yet another challenge for the country’s new president, who faces increasing pressure to show ...

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

Alejandro Arcos, the newly appointed mayor of the Mexican city of Chilpancingo, has been killed one week after his ...

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

The decapitated head of a mayor in Mexico was found atop his car just six days into his tenure, marking the second official ...

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

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 ...