The mayor of a Mexican metropolis has been murdered simply days after taking workplace, officers have mentioned.
Alejandro Arcos was sworn in final Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a southwestern metropolis which is the capital of Guerrero state, the place Acapulco is situated.
The world has lengthy been tormented by drug violence and legal gangs.
Unverified reviews mentioned Mr Arcos had been beheaded. Police haven’t confirmed any particulars of his dying, however had been pictured at a scene in Chilpancingo the place the physique was reported to have been discovered.
“His loss mourns the entire Guerrero society and fills us with indignation,” Guerrero governor Evelyn Salgado mentioned in an announcement.
The state lawyer common’s workplace has mentioned it’s investigating Sunday’s homicide.
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Police on the scene in Chilpancingo. Pic: Reuters
The newest violence got here simply three days after the brand new metropolis authorities’s secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot to dying.
Alejandro Moreno, a Mexican senator and the nationwide chief of the Institutional Revolutionary Get together, mentioned: “They had been in office less than a week.
“They had been younger and sincere public servants who had been searching for progress for his or her group.”
He also called on the federal attorney general’s office to lead the investigation into the murders given “the scenario of ungovernability in Guerrero”.
The state has develop into probably the most harmful in Mexico for aspiring and elected public officers.
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Not less than six candidates for public workplace had been killed in Guerrero forward of elections initially of June.
Final 12 months, officers mentioned an indication held by lots of of individuals in Chilpancingo had been organised by criminals to safe the discharge of two gang leaders arrested for the possession of medication and weapons.
The demonstrators blocked most visitors on the street between Mexico Metropolis and Acapulco for 2 days.
They fought safety officers earlier than utilizing a police truck to ram down the gates of the state legislative constructing.
A variety of police, state and federal officers had been then taken hostage – earlier than being launched when the calls for set by the demonstrators had been met.
