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 280,00

Alejandro Arcos, the newly elected mayor of Chilpancingo, capital city of Mexico's Guerrero state, was assassinated on Sunday. His murder comes less than a week after he assumed office in a city infamous for its high crime rate.

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

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,

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.

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

Alejandro Arcos was the mayor of the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero The mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico has been killed just one week after he took office, officials said on Sunday.