Mayor of city in Mexico killed in apparent decapitation
The mayor of a town in southern Mexico was brutally murdered less than a week after he took office, as photos circulated of his severed head sitting on a pickup truck. Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday,
In Mexico, a Mayor Is Brutally Killed Just Days After Taking Office
The gruesome killing represents yet another challenge for the country’s new president, who faces increasing pressure to show progress in the fight against violent cartels.
Mexico mayor’s decapitated head found on his car six days after taking office
The decapitated head of a mayor in Mexico was found atop his car just six days into his tenure, marking the second official to be murdered in Guerrero’s capital in less than a week. The body
The mayor of a state capital in Mexico is killed less than 1 week after he took office
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 to win the release of arrested suspects.
Mayor reportedly beheaded days after taking office in Mexico
The mayor of a city in southern Mexico has been murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks on politicians in the violence-plagued Latin American country.
4 mayors in Mexico ask for protection after another was beheaded
Officials say four mayors in Mexico have asked federal authorities for protection after a colleague was beheaded last week in the southern state of Guerrero
Mexican Local Mayor Went Alone to Meeting Before His Brutal Killing
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,
Mexican mayor's severed head placed atop pickup truck 6 days after taking office
The mayor of a violence-plagued city in Mexico was killed on Sunday with his decapitated body left in a pickup truck and his severed head placed atop the vehicle's roof.
Mexican mayor killed less than a week after taking office
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 a Mexican state capital is killed less than a week after taking office
The mayor of the capital of southern Mexico's Guerrero state has been killed less than one week after he took office.
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The decapitation of the mayor of a major Mexican city is a reminder of the security task President Sheinbaum faces.
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Mayor of a state capital in Mexico is killed less than 1 week after he took office
Photos of the crime scene showed Mayor Alejandro Arcos' severed head had been left on the hood of his vehicle.
The mayor of a state capital in Mexico is killed less than 1 week after taking office
Police and Mexico's National guard filled the streets of Chilpancingo in Guerrero state Sunday after the Mayor was killed ...
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