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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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[-] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It’s harsh, but El Salvador did what was necessary to fix their problem. They saved countless men, women, and children both inside and outside their country from monsters walking in human skin.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

What???

They jailed 1% of the population and devastated an entire generation at the very least, often for nothing more than being in the wrong place at the wrong time

https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-bukele-central-america-crime-gangs-60c3a34c571dfdbdf0a203deb85abf71

[-] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And yet vast majority of their population had him at over 90% approval and thought everything he did was necessary to maintain order.

There’s already far more trauma, and even more to be inflicted if he didn’t go all out against gangs. If you aren’t from that area or other similarly dangerous country you wouldn’t really get how desperate it gets. He 100% was necessary.

They’re no longer the murder capital of the world and safer than even Canada. Women can actually walk outside and children can play.

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