The murder of the mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico, less than a week after taking office, has taken the first days of Claudia Sheinbaum's presidency by storm. Alejandro Arcos was beheaded in what seems to be an attack from cartels and criminal groups in the state, continuing a trend in Guerrero where at least six candidates for public office were killed in in the run-up to Mexico's elections last year.
New information released on Tuesday revealed that Arcos had requested Guerrero's Governor, Evelyn Salgado, for better protection due to the state's current feeling of ungovernability.
