Mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico killed, photos of severed head circulate
Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday, just six days after he was elected the mayor of Chilpancingo, a city around 170 miles ...
A Cartel Double-Cross Turns a Mexican State Into a War Zone
An explosive deception has ripped apart one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups, the Sinaloa cartel, and ignited a war ...
Sheinbaum vows to investigate murder, beheading of Mexican mayor
The president of Mexico is vowing to bring to justice those responsible for the murder and beheading of a mayor in the state ...
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 ...
Mexican local mayor went alone to meeting before his brutal killing
The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town ...
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Mexico Mayor Pleaded for More Security Hours Before Being Decapitated
Guerrero has been one of the most dangerous states in Mexico over the past year, recording 1,890 murders in 2023 ...
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Mayor’s Beheading Is Ominous Sign of Security Crisis Facing Mexico’s New President
The decapitation of the mayor of a major Mexican city is a reminder of the security task President Sheinbaum faces.
Mexico's president lays out a plan to combat cartel violence. But it looks like more of the same
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s new president laid out a plan Tuesday to combat drug cartel violence, but analysts say it appears to ...
Severed head of mayor found on his car, reattached for funeral
Arcos was sworn in Sept. 30 as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, ...
Nearly 500 Murders in Claudia Sheinbaum's First Week as Mexico's President
The wave of killings includes murders in Guanajuato and Sinaloa, as well as the assassination of a mayor and his secretary.
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 ...