In June, Arcos won an election on behalf of an opposition coalition that includes the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which referred to his murder as a “cowardly crime” and demanded accountability.
Investigators and forensic personnel work at the crime scene where remains of Chilpancingo Mayor Alejandro Arcos of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) were found in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state on October 6, 2024.
Less than a week after entering office, the mayor of a city in southern Mexico was assassinated, according to officials on Sunday. This is only the most recent in a string of attacks on politicians in the violent nation of Latin America.
The killing of Chilpancingo mayor, Alejandro Arcos, “fills us with indignation,” Guerrero State governor, Evelyn Salgado, wrote on social media, without providing further details of the circumstances.
Local media reported that Arcos had been decapitated, but there has been no official confirmation.
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Arcos was elected in June, representing an opposition coalition that included the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which denounced his killing as a “cowardly crime” and called for justice.
“Enough of violence and impunity! The people of Guerrero do not deserve to live in fear,” the PRI stated on X.
His murder came just days after the killing of another city official, Francisco Tapia, according to PRI president Alejandro Moreno.
“They had been in office for less than a week. Young and honest officials who sought progress for their community,” Moreno said on X.
One of the poorest states in Mexico, Guerrero, has seen years of violence as a result of turf warfare between gangs vying for control of drug manufacturing and trafficking.
