Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday, just six days after he was elected the mayor of Chilpancingo, a city around 170 miles ...

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

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 ...

Relatives on Monday buried the mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico who was killed just one week after he took office.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum unveils her strategy to fight organized crime in a nation facing cartel wars, ...

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

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

Chilpancingo's newly elected leader was killed just six days after he took office, exposing the dire security situation in ...

The decapitation of the mayor of a major Mexican city is a reminder of the security task President Sheinbaum faces.

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