Mayor of city in Mexico killed in apparent decapitation
Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday, just six days after he was elected the mayor of Chilpancingo, a city around 170 miles south of Mexico City with a population of around 280,000. Officials confirmed the murder from the gory photos of his decapitated head, which were shared on messaging platform WhatsApp this week.
Mexican local mayor went alone to meeting before his brutal killing
The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town meeting before he was killed, Mexico's security minister said on Tuesday about a murder which has shocked the country.
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.
Mayor in Guerrero, Mexico assassinated less than 1 week after taking office
Relatives on Monday buried the mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico who was killed just one week after he took office.
Mayor in Mexico Brutally Assassinated After Taking Office
The mayor of a crime-filled city in Mexico was unfortunately assassinated less than a week after taking office, casting a shadow over the region’s rising reports of violence. Alejandro Arcos, who had vowed to bring reform and security to Chilpancingo,
Mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico killed, photos of severed head circulate
Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday, just six days after he was elected the mayor of Chilpancingo, a city around 170 miles south of Mexico City with a population of around 280,000. Officials confirmed the murder from the gory photos of his decapitated head,
Mexican mayor killed less than a week after taking office
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 violent attacks targeting politicians in the country.
Mexican mayor assassinated in a reported beheading, days after taking office
The mayor of a violence-plagued state in southern Mexico was assassination in a reported beheading. He was killed less than a week after being sworn in.
Young mayor of Mexican city brutally murdered days after taking office
The mayor of the capital of the Mexican state of Guerrero was murdered on Sunday. Alejandro Arcos Catalán took office on October 1. It is the latest case in a series of violent attacks on politicians in Mexico.
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