Alejandro Arcos, a mayor in Mexico, was killed just one week after he took office Only a week in office and the mayor of a small Mexican town is assassinated -- as cartel violence continues to ...

Mourners pay their respects at the casket of Alejandro Arcos, the mayor of Chilpancingo who was killed on Sunday less than a week after taking office. Oscar Ramirez/Reuters. CNN — ...

The body of Alejandro Arcos, the new 43-year-old mayor of the city of Chilpancingo, was found inside his pickup truck Sunday night while his head was propped on top of the vehicle.

A supporter of slain Mayor Alejandro Arcos prays at the entrance of the municipal building one week after he took office in Chilpancingo, Mexico, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.

The killing of Chilpancingo mayor Alejandro Arcos "fills us with indignation," Guerrero state governor Evelyn Salgado wrote on social media, without providing further details of the circumstances.

The recent death of 43-year-old Alejandro Arcos Catalán has sent waves of anger through the community of Chilpancingo. mitú Editorial Here’s What You Need To Know ...

The new mayor, Gustavo Alarcón, a doctor, had been elected as an alternate on the same ticket as deceased Mayor Alejandro Arcos in the June election. 7 Dr. Gustavo Alarcón is sworn into office ...

When Alejandro Arcos became mayor, he placed himself in a series of concentric rings — a multiplying threat environment that begins with Mexico itself. Thousands in Mexico are murdered, go missing.

The killing of Alejandro Arcos, who took office as the mayor of Chilpancingo on October 1, comes just days after the city government’s secretary Francisco Tapia was shot to death, ...

In Mexico, the mayor of a major city was murdered six days after he was sworn in. The murder on Sunday underscores the security challenges facing the country's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum ...