4 mayors in Mexico ask for protection
A new mayor takes office in southern Mexico after his predecessor was beheaded
A new mayor has been sworn in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded less than a week after taking office.
After newly elected mayor is beheaded in Mexico, others ask federal authorities for protection
Four mayors in Mexico have asked federal authorities for protection after a colleague was beheaded last week in the southern state of Guerrero, officials said Tuesday. Mayor Alejandro Arcos had been sworn into office less than a week before he was murdered.
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 mayor assassinated in a reported beheading, days after taking office
The mayor of a violence-plagued state in southern Mexico was assassination in a reported beheading. He was killed less than a week after being sworn in.
Mexican Mayors Request Federal Protection After Colleague's Beheading in Guerrero
Federal Public Safety Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch has denied that Mayor Arcos submitted any formal request before his untimely death
In Mexico, the mayor of a state capital has been killed less than 1 week after he took office
Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located.
Young mayor of Mexican city brutally murdered days after taking office
The mayor of the capital of the Mexican state of Guerrero was murdered on Sunday. Alejandro Arcos Catalán took office on October 1. It is the latest case in a series of violent attacks on politicians in Mexico.
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Mayor of city in Mexico killed in apparent decapitation
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