Mexico: “Young and Honest” New Mayor of Chilpancingo Murdered Days After Taking Office

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – The new mayor of Chilpancingo, a gang-controlled state capital in southern Mexico, has been brutally murdered less than one week after taking office, the Independent reports. Chilpancingo has long been plagued by feuds and the violence of two drug gangs, the Ardillos and the Tlacos. Described as “young and honest” and keen to advance his community, Alejandro Arcos was sworn in as mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital city of Mexico’s Guer