Mexico Metropolis:
The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico’s violence-plagued state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town assembly earlier than he was killed, Mexico’s safety minister stated on Tuesday a few homicide which has shocked the nation.
Alejandro Arcos, of Mexico’s fundamental opposition alliance, had solely taken workplace six days earlier. Images circulated on Sunday by way of WhatsApp and in Mexican media retailers depicting a severed head on prime of a pick-up truck, showing to be that of Arcos.
The grotesque act occurred simply days earlier than new President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled her safety technique aimed toward combating violent crime.
Safety Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch stated in a information convention that an investigation had decided Arcos left Chilpancingo in his pickup truck with no driver or escort heading towards the close by city of Petaquillas.
Arcos had not requested safety safety from the federal authorities, Garcia Harfuch stated.
“We all know that he was going to a particular assembly, that he was not accompanied by somebody. Communication was misplaced in a group, and… hours later the mayor’s physique was discovered,” Garcia Harfuch stated.
Requested by a reporter whom Arcos was assembly with, the minister declined to offer particulars, saying it was an open investigation.
“There may be a variety of info on this topic that we should guard for the sake of the investigation,” Harfuch stated.
Mexican newspaper Reforma, citing federal authorities sources, reported that Arcos had met with members of Los Ardillos, a felony group energetic in Guerrero state, hours earlier than his dying.
A funeral for Arcos was held on Monday, with mourners lining the streets and throwing rose petals as his casket was pushed by means of the city.
Related grisly murders involving decapitations have plagued Guerrero – together with Chilpancingo – previously as a approach cartel members use to ship messages of threats and management.
As just lately as 2023, violence from warring gang factions paralyzed public transportation and shuttered companies in Chilpancingo. After Arcos’ killing, lessons have been suspended for native colleges.
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