The mayor of the capital of the violence-plagued Mexican state of Guerrero was murdered on Sunday lower than every week after taking workplace, the state’s governor confirmed.
Alejandro Arcos was murdered simply six days after taking workplace as mayor of the town of Chilpancingo, a metropolis of about 280,000 individuals in southwestern Mexico.
“His loss mourns the complete Guerrero society and fills us with indignation,” stated the governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, in a press release shared on social networks.
The Guerrero state lawyer common’s workplace additionally stated it was investigating his homicide.
The official affirmation got here after pictures circulated on the WhatsApp messaging app exhibiting a severed head on prime of a truck, which seemed to be Arcos’s. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the authenticity of the images.
Arcos’ loss of life comes simply three days after the town’s new authorities secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot to loss of life.
“They have been younger and trustworthy officers who sought progress for his or her group,” Senator Alejandro Moreno wrote on social media.
Moreno, president of Mexico’s PRI political get together, referred to as on the Legal professional Normal’s Workplace to guide the investigation into the murders of Arcos and Tapia, given “the ungovernable scenario that Guerrero is experiencing.”
Guerrero has turn into one of many deadliest states for aspiring elected public officers, in addition to journalists.
No less than six candidates for public workplace have been murdered within the state within the run-up to Mexico’s June 2 elections.
Arcos’ social media posts present that in latest days the mayor had been overseeing aid efforts following the influence of Hurricane John final month, which prompted extreme flooding within the seashore resort of Acapulco and surrounding cities.