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 ...

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

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

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

The gruesome killing represents yet another challenge for the country’s new president, who faces increasing pressure to show ...

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

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

Alejandro Arcos' murder came days after the killing of another city official. according to the Institutional Revolutionary ...

Sheinbaum took over last week from her mentor, former President Andres Manuel López Obrador, who largely failed in his own ...