Eight Mexican mayors have been killed since President Claudia Sheinbaum was inaugurated on October 1, 2024. In a horror show ...

Mayor Alejandro Arcos Catalán was killed less than a week after taking office in Chilpancingo. On Tuesday, the authorities arrested the city’s public security minister in connection with his death.

The killing of Alejandro Arcos, whose beheaded body was found just days after he had been sworn in as mayor, caused shock and revulsion in the violence-wracked state of Guerrero.

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 ...

CHILPANCINGO, Mexico—Six days after taking office, Mayor Alejandro Arcos loaded his pickup with bottles of water for hurricane victims, ditched his bodyguards and drove off alone into a gang ...

Mayor Alejandro Arcos was killed on Oct. 6 which is less than a week after he took office. via REUTERS This is the vehicle where the remains of Mayor Arcos was found. AFP via Getty Images ...

Gustavo Alarcon is sworn-in as mayor of Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, days after former Mayor Alejandro Arcos was killed less than a week after taking office.

Mexican Mayor Went Alone To Out Of Town Meeting Before His Beheading Arcos had not requested security protection from the federal government, an official said. Reuters World News Oct 09, 2024 13: ...