Mexican mayor murdered days after starting job
Mexican mayor murdered days after starting job
Alejandro Arcos is the second politician to be killed in a week in the city of Chilpachingo.
The mayor of a Mexican city plagued by drug violence has been murdered less than a week after taking office.
Alejandro Arcos was found dead on Sunday in Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people in the southwestern state of Guerrero. He had been mayor for six days.
Evelyn Salgado, the state governor, said the city was in mourning over a murder that "fills us with indignation". His death came three days after the city government's new secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot dead.
Authorities have not released details of the investigation, or suspects. However, Guerrero is one of the worst-affected states for drug violence and drug cartels have murdered dozens of politicians across the country.
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“Come vacation in Mexico! If you don’t leave your hotel, you’ll be perfectly safe!”
I hate accidentally ending up as mayor on vacation
Dammit it happened again. Honey, prepare my resignation speech again
I know this is satire, though it was my understanding that tourists were protected. Like, don't walk down any dark alleys and listen when someone strongly tells you to go somewhere else, otherwise you're reasonably safe. This was a couple years ago though, and I may be remembering things wholly wrong.
I question those years, man.
Mexico is a large country. There are perfectly safe parts and dangerous parts.
I go to CDMX all the time. You stay in the whitey neighborhoods it is one of the best cities on earth. I've never felt in danger even like I have in Tulum or Cancun on occasion (and usually by police)
However, Guerrero is one of the worst-affected states for drug violence
This is the same mistake people make in the US when talking about "unsafe cities" ignoring that crime is concentrated in certain parts. The same rule applies everywhere in the world: there's safe and unsafe spots. So no, you're not gonna get kidnapped from a Cancun resort anytime soon.
A duck duck go search of “Cancun” and “kidnapping” would argue against this.
I made a joke about optics, and people get offended.
Search for "airplane" and "explosion", I'm sure that doesn't look good either. Seek and you shall find. Cancun had 10 million visitors last year, I'm sure everything happened to everyone at some point. But kidnappings are winning the bad luck Powerball.
Which is why I don’t fly in a Boeing.