By The Opinion
07 Oct 2024, 01:38 AM EDT
Alejandro Arcos Catalán was barely celebrating his sixth day after taking office as mayor of Chilpancingo, in the state of Guerrero, southern Mexico, when his decapitated body was found by authorities.
The State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) confirmed the murder after finding his body abandoned in a vehicle east of the city. According to photographs published on social networks, his head was found on the awning of a truck in the Villas del Roble neighborhood, in the east of the capital of Guerrero.
After the tragic news was announced, Alejandro Moreno, national president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), regretted the crime of one of his members.
“They have murdered our mayor of Chilpancingo, Alejandro Arcos, and just three days ago the secretary of this same City Council, Francisco Tapia. They had been in office for less than a week. Young and honest officials who sought progress for their community. Our condolences and solidarity to their families. Given the ungovernable situation in Guerrero, we will be asking the FGR to investigate both murders,” he said.
For its part, The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Guerrero announced that it began an investigation file against whoever or whoever is responsiblefor the crime of qualified homicide, committed to the detriment of Alejandro Arcos, for the events that occurred in Chilpancingo.
Agents of the Ministerial Investigative Police and the Expert Services of the FGE Guerrero, went to the scene of the events to carry out the corresponding investigative acts, which allow obtaining the necessary evidence to clarify the crime.
The deputies who make up the LXIV legislature of the @congresogro strongly condemn the murder of the municipal president of Chilpancingo Alejandro Arcos Catalán and we express our condolences to his family, friends, colleagues. pic.twitter.com/bpfpi0Yzar
— Congreso Guerrero (@congresogro) October 7, 2024
For some years now, the state of Guerrero has become the epicenter of various violent events, mainly due to the dispute over drug trafficking routes.
According to the Tlachinollan Mountain Human Rights Center organization, until 2023, based on reports from various security corporations, a total of at least 16 criminal groups with a presence in Guerrero.
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