Six days after taking workplace, they beheaded the mayor of Chilpancingo and left his head on a automobile.

The mayor of Chilpancingo, in southern Mexico, Alejandro Arcos, He was killed on Sunday, after solely six days in workplacea criminal offense that might be investigated by the federal prosecutor's workplace, President Claudia Sheinbaum introduced this Monday. In line with native media, the mayor was beheaded.

“For the unlucky occasion of the mayor of the municipality [alcalde] of Chilpancingo (…) the required investigations are being carried out to know What was the explanation and what was the motive? and naturally make the suitable arrests,” Sheinbaum mentioned at his traditional morning press convention.

He added that the federal authorities They’re collaborating with these of the state of Guerrerothe place Chilpancingo, the capital of the state, is positioned. “It’s being seen whether it is essential to take the case to the Normal Prosecutor's Workplace of the republic”, he mentioned.

Sheinbaum famous that regardless of the crime in Arcos, which occurred after the Oct. three killing of metropolis council secretary Francisco Tapia, town of Chilpancingo “doesn’t seem among the many municipalities with the best variety of murders.”

A number of hours earlier than his demise, Arcos printed images on his social networks a go to to communities affected by the latest passage of a hurricanen.

In a message posted on Fb, Arco's household paid tribute to him, noting his “unwavering dedication to the peace, service and well-being of his group.”

The Institutional Revolutionary Social gathering (PRI), to which the official belonged, He denounced the “cowardly crime” and demanded justice.

“Sufficient with violence and impunity! The folks of Guerrero don’t should dwell in worry,” PRI mentioned on the X social community.

Evelyn Salgado, the governor of Guerrero state, condemned Arco's homicide. “His loss mourns your complete Guerrero society and fills us with indignation”wrote in X.

Alejandro Moreno, the president of the PRI, additionally condemned the crime and recalled Tapia's demise days earlier. “They’d been in workplace for lower than every week. Younger and sincere officers who sought progress for his or her group,” he lamented.

Guerrero, one of many poorest states in Mexico, It’s also one of the affected by the violence of drug cartelswhich profit from its strategic location on the Pacific coast.

Final yr, 1,890 murders had been recorded within the statedwelling to the favored seaside resort of Acapulco, as soon as a favourite superstar vacation spot, now suffering from crime.

Confronting cartel violence is likely one of the greatest challenges going through Sheinbaum, the primary feminine president in Mexican historical past.

The previous mayor of the Mexican capital, who took workplace on October 1, pledged to take care of the technique of “hugs not bullets” of his predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who selected to make use of social coverage to assault crime at its roots.

“We're going to work in some states particularly with larger presence, intelligence, investigation, in coordination with the governors,” mentioned Sheinbaum, who will current his safety plan on Tuesday.

Greater than 450,000 folks have been killed and about 100,000 have disappeared in Mexico because the authorities deployed the army to battle drug trafficking in 2006.

Politicians, particularly on the native degree, are sometimes victims of violence associated to corruption and the multi-billion greenback drug commerce.