MEXICO CITY: The mayor of the capital of Mexico’s violence-plagued state of Guerrero was killed on Sunday (Oct 6) lower than every week after he took workplace, the state’s governor confirmed.
Alejandro Arcos was killed simply six days after he took workplace as mayor of town of Chilpancingo, a metropolis of round 280,000 folks in southwestern Mexico.
“His loss mourns your complete Guerrero society and fills us with indignation,” Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado stated in an announcement shared on social media.
Guerrero’s state lawyer basic’s workplace additionally stated it was investigating his homicide.
The official affirmation got here after images circulated on messaging app WhatsApp depicting a severed head on high of a pick-up truck, showing to be that of Arcos. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the images’ authenticity.
Arcos’ demise comes simply three days after the brand new metropolis authorities’s secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot to demise.
“They have been younger and trustworthy officers who sought progress for his or her neighborhood,” Senator Alejandro Moreno wrote on social media.
Moreno, who’s the top of Mexico’s PRI political celebration, referred to as on the federal lawyer basic’s workplace to guide the investigation into Arcos and Tapia’s murders, given “the state of affairs of ungovernability in Guerrero.”
Guerrero has grow to be one of many deadliest states for aspiring and elected public officers, in addition to for journalists.
At the very least six candidates for public workplace have been killed within the state within the run-up to Mexico’s Jun 2 elections.
Arcos’ social media posts present the mayor in current days had been supervising catastrophe reduction efforts following the influence of Hurricane John final month, which triggered extreme flooding in seashore resort Acapulco and surrounding cities.
