The mayor of a town in southern Mexico was brutally murdered less than a week after he took office, as photos circulated of ...

Officials say four mayors in Mexico have asked federal authorities for protection after a colleague was beheaded last week in ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum unveils her strategy to fight organized crime in a nation facing cartel wars, ...

Relatives on Monday buried the mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico who was killed just one 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 ...

STORY: In this crowded church in southwestern Mexico, people gathered to say goodbye to a mayor who was brutally murdered six ...

Photos of the crime scene showed Mayor Alejandro Arcos' severed head had been left on the hood of his vehicle.

Sheinbaum took over last week from her mentor, former President Andres Manuel López Obrador, who largely failed in his own ...

The wave of killings includes murders in Guanajuato and Sinaloa, as well as the assassination of a mayor and his secretary.

Chilpancingo's newly elected leader was killed just six days after he took office, exposing the dire security situation in ...

The decapitation of the mayor of a major Mexican city is a reminder of the security task President Sheinbaum faces.