Mexican mayor killed less than a week after taking office
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By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — 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.
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The mayor of the capital of Mexico’s violence-plagued state of Guerrero was killed on Sunday less than a week after he took office, the state’s governor confirmed.
Despite numerous claims by Mexico’s government about a decrease in crime, a group of gunmen beheaded the mayor of the capital city of Guerrero just six days after he took office. The killing sparked much outrage by politicians at the national level since the murder victim hails from one of the parti…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico has been killed just one week after he took office, officials said Sunday. 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 arm…
Mayor Alejandro Arcos of Chilpancingo, Mexico, has been confirmed dead less than a week after being sworn into the notoriously dangerous city's highest office.
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
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico has been killed less than one week after he took office. Alejandro Arcos was sworn in
By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — 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.
