The mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico has been killed just one week after he took office, officials said Sunday.

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

Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a ...

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 ...

Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday, just six days after he was elected the mayor of Chilpancingo, a city around 170 miles south of Mexico City with a population of around 280,000. Officials ...

Police and Mexico's National guard filled the streets of Chilpancingo in Guerrero state Sunday after the Mayor was killed ...

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

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

Guerrero has been one of the most dangerous states in Mexico over the past year, recording 1,890 murders in 2023 ...

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