Officials say four mayors in Mexico have asked federal authorities for protection after a colleague was beheaded last week in ...

Alexander Arcos was killed on Sunday, just six days after he was elected the mayor of Chilpancingo, a city around 170 miles ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum unveils her strategy to fight organized crime in a nation facing cartel wars, ...

Sheinbaum took over last week from her mentor, former President Andres Manuel López Obrador, who largely failed in his own ...

The wave of killings includes murders in Guanajuato and Sinaloa, as well as the assassination of a mayor and his secretary.

Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will present a national security plan on Tuesday aimed at combating around 30,000 ...

Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, hijacked a government armored car and took police hostage in 2023 ...

The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town ...

Relatives on Monday buried the mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico who was killed just one week after he took office.

Arcos was sworn in Sept. 30 as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, ...