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 ...

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 ...

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. Alejandro Arcos, 43, was ...

A former prosecutor and local police official was arrested Tuesday in connection with the grisly decapitation of a mayor on Oct. 6. Officials in the southern state of Guerrero confirmed that Germán ...

MEXICO CITY, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Mexican law enforcement announced on Tuesday the arrest of a top municipal security official for the assassination of the mayor of the capital of the violence-plagued ...

A Christian advocacy group has joined calls for a transparent investigation into the killing of a Catholic priest in southern ...

In particular, two rival drug gangs, the Tlacos and the Ardillos, have been fighting for control of the city of Chilpancingo.The dispute has unleashed unprecedented levels of violence against ...

The mayor of a Mexican city has been murdered just days after taking office, officials have said. Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a southwestern city which is the ...

A supporter of slain Mayor Alejandro Arcos prays at the entrance of the municipal building one week after he took office (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All ...

Unidentified assailants on Tuesday wounded four news photographers in the violence-wracked southern Mexican city of Chilpancingo, authorities said. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero ...

Mexico Arrests Local Security Chief for Murder of Chilpancingo Mayor MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican law enforcement announced on Tuesday the arrest of a top municipal security official for the ...