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 Chilpancingo, Mexico killed, photos of severed head circulate
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,
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
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
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 demonstration, hijacked a government armored car and took police hostage in 2023 to win the release of arrested suspects.
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 progress in the fight against violent cartels.
Mayor reportedly beheaded days after taking office in Mexico amid surge in cartel violence
Alejandro Arcos' murder came days after the killing of another city official. according to the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
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's severed head placed atop pickup truck 6 days after taking office
The mayor of a violence-plagued city in Mexico was killed on Sunday with his decapitated body left in a pickup truck and his severed head placed atop the vehicle's roof.
Nearly 500 Murders in Claudia Sheinbaum's First Week as Mexico's President
The wave of killings includes murders in Guanajuato and Sinaloa, as well as the assassination of a mayor and his secretary.
Mexico's president lays out a plan to combat cartel violence. But it looks like more of the same
Sheinbaum took over last week from her mentor, former President Andres Manuel López Obrador, who largely failed in his own ...
Inside Mexico’s New Plan to Take On Cartel Violence
President Claudia Sheinbaum aims to “pacify the country” by targeting fentanyl smuggling and extortion during the first 100 ...
Drugs, people smuggling at heart of Mexico's raging violence
Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will present a national security plan on Tuesday aimed at combating around 30,000 ...
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Chilpancingo mayor murdered as organized crime tightens grip on Guerrero
Chilpancingo's newly elected leader was killed just six days after he took office, exposing the dire security situation in ...
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Mexico: Floods in Guerrero, Mexico, after Hurricane John
Note: no sound] The Mexican port of Acapulco, which President Claudia Sheinbaum is visiting this Wednesday, has interrupted ...