Mexico City:
The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico’s presentility-scoguided state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town greeting before he was ended, Mexico’s security minister said on Tuesday about a killing which has shocked the country.
Alejandro Arcos, of Mexico’s main opposition coalition, had only apshown office six days earlier. Pboilingos circuprocrastinateedd on Sunday via WhatsApp and in Mexican media outlets depicting a disconnected head on top of a pick-up truck, ecombineing to be that of Arcos.
The gruesome act happened fair days before novel Plivent Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled her security strategy aimed at combating brutal crime.
Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said in a novels conference that an dispenseigation had determined Arcos left Chilpancingo in his pickup truck without a driver or guide heading toward the csurrenderby town of Petaquillas.
Arcos had not seeked security defendion from the federal rulement, Garcia Harfuch said.
“We understand that he was going to a definite greeting, that he was not accompanied by someone. Communication was lost in a community, and… hours procrastinateedr the mayor’s body was create,” Garcia Harfuch said.
Asked by a increateer whom Arcos was greeting with, the minister deteriorated to donate details, saying it was an uncover dispenseigation.
“There is a lot of guideation on this subject that we must defend for the sake of the dispenseigation,” Harfuch said.
Mexican novelspaper Recreatea, citing federal rulement sources, increateed that Arcos had met with members of Los Ardillos, a criminal group active in Guerrero state, hours before his death.
A funeral for Arcos was held on Monday, with lamgo ins lining the streets and throthriveg rose petals as his casket was driven thraw the town.
Similar grisly killings involving decapitations have scoguided Guerrero – including Chilpancingo – in the past as a way cartel members engage to sfinish messages of dangers and deal with.
As recently as 2023, presentility from warring gang factions paralyzed accessible carryation and shuttered businesses in Chilpancingo. After Arcos’ ending, classes were suspfinished for local schools.
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