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Judi Lynn

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Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:24 AM Nov 13

A former prosecutor in southern Mexico is arrested in the grisly decapitation of a mayor

By MARK STEVENSON
Updated 6:56 PM CST, November 12, 2024

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A former prosecutor and local police official was arrested Tuesday in connection with the grisly decapitation of a mayor on Oct. 6.

Officials in the southern state of Guerrero confirmed that Germán Reyes was arrested on charges of homicide for the killing of Alejandro Arcos just a week after he took office as mayor of the state capital, Chilpancingo.

The arrest was shocking, because officials had previously blamed the killing on a local drug and extortion gang, and Reyes was formerly employed as special prosecutor for Guerrero state, a high-level position.

The implication was that Reyes — who was also a former military officer who, according to his official resume, retired with rank of captain in the military justice system — had somehow worked in collusion with the gang.

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https://apnews.com/article/mexico-mayor-killed-security-official-arrested-violence-drug-cartels-5554049d86b6e37c6a4c71b36ef28b9f



Germán Reyes, former prosecutor







Mayor (Alcalde) Alejandro Arcos


Mexico Arrests Local Security Chief for Murder of Chilpancingo Mayor

By Reuters
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Nov. 12, 2024, at 8:12 p.m.

Mexico Arrests Local Security Chief for Murder of Chilpancingo Mayor

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican law enforcement announced on Tuesday the arrest of a top municipal security official for the assassination of the mayor of the capital of the violence-plagued state of Guerrero.

The murder and decapitation of Chilpancingo Mayor Alejandro Arcos shocked the country, coming just days after he took office.

Guerrero prosecutors said in a statement they had detained a man identified as German 'N,' in accordance with Mexican convention which does not give the full name of arrested suspects. A local government source confirmed the man's identity as German Reyes, the security chief for Chilpancingo, the state capital with a population of around 280,000 people in southwestern Mexico.

Arcos, 43, was killed in October, six days after he took office as mayor. He was found dead in his pick-up truck with his severed head left on top of the vehicle.

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https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-12/mexico-arrests-local-security-chief-for-murder-of-chilpancingo-mayor

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Someone later secured the severed head to the hood of a pickup and paraded him around town. Machismo.

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