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Alejandro Arcos: Mexican mayor murdered days after taking office

The Mayor of Chilpancingo, Alejandro Arcos, was killed just six days after taking office, confirmed by Guerrero's Governor Evelyn Salgado.
Salgado expressed that Arcos' death "fills us with indignation," and the state attorney general's office is investigating.
This murder follows the killing of the city's secretary, Francisco Tapia, just three days earlier, prompting calls for a federal investigation.

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