The mayor of a violence-plagued state in southern Mexico was buried on Monday. He was in office for six days before his assassination.

Officials say four mayors in Mexico have asked federal authorities for protection after a colleague was beheaded last week in ...

Arcos was sworn in Sept. 30 as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, ...

The mayor of a city in southern Mexico was murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said, a crime condemned ...

The mayor of a violence-plagued city in Mexico was killed on Sunday with his decapitated body left in a pickup truck and his ...

Alejandro Arcos, the mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico, was brutally murdered just six days into office, with his decapitated ...

The decapitated head of a mayor in Mexico was found atop his car just six days into his tenure, marking the second official ...

The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town ...

The wave of killings includes murders in Guanajuato and Sinaloa, as well as the assassination of a mayor and his secretary.

Only a week in office and the mayor of a small Mexican town is assassinated -- as cartel violence continues to spiral out of control.

The president of Mexico is vowing to bring to justice those responsible for the murder and beheading of a mayor in the state ...