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Mexican Mayors Request Federal Protection After Colleague's Beheading in Guerrero

Federal Public Safety Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch has denied that Mayor Arcos submitted any formal request before his untimely death

International Business Times

4 mayors in Mexico ask for protection after another was beheaded

Officials say four mayors in Mexico have asked federal authorities for protection after a colleague was beheaded last week in the southern state of Guerrero

The Independent UK

Mexico President Sheinbaum Pledges To Find Killers Behind Brutal Murder Of Guerrero Mayor

Mayor Alejandro Arcos Catalan, who had just taken office the same day as Sheinbaum, was found murdered brutally Sunday.

Latin Times

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Drugs, People Smuggling At Heart Of Mexico's Raging Violence

Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will present a national security plan on Tuesday aimed at combating around 30,000 murders a year, many of them linked to drug and human smuggling.

International Business Times

Mexico Mayor Murdered Days After Taking Office

The mayor of a city in southern Mexico has been murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks on politicians in the violence-plagued Latin American country.

International Business Times

Hurricane John poised to slam Mexico’s Pacific coast with 100mph winds

Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero brace for impact as ‘life-threatening’ category 2 storm to make landfall Tuesday

The Guardian - US

The night when 43 students disappeared in Mexico: A timeline of key events

On Sept. 26, 2014, dozens of students from a teachers college in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero disappeared

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Mexican elections: Dodging bullets on the campaign trail

Mexico heads to the polls on June 2 and it’s almost certain that the country's new head of state will be a woman. The two favourites are Claudia Sheinbaum, who has been mentored by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador; and Xochitl Galvez, who is backed by three opposition parties.…

France 24

Unidentified Gunmen Shoot At 4 News Photographers In Southern Mexico

Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero called this a case of attempted murder.

Latin Times

Hurricane Otis batters Mexico’s Acapulco after hitting as Category 5 storm

‘Communications are completely down’

The Independent UK

Earthquake with a 4.4-magnitude detected in Mexican resort city

It came after the surrounding area in the Mexican state of Acapulco was battered by Hurricane Otis

The Independent UK

Hurricane Otis rips through Acapulco as communications to city severed

Powerful category 5 storm hits Mexico’s coast leaving trail of destruction, though full scale of damage remains unclear

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Otis path tracker: Where will the storm hit next?

Hurricane Otis made landfall near the coastal city of Acapulco, Mexico

The Independent UK

Hurricane Otis: 'Catastrophic' storm slams into Mexico bringing 165mph winds to Acapulco

Otis has strengthened rapidly, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 12 hours

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France 24

Hurricane Otis slams Mexico’s Pacific coast, Acapulco on 'maximum alert'

Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, bringing 165 mph (270 kmh) winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people.

The Independent UK

Eye of Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Mexico's Acapulco resort as catastrophic Category 5 storm

Hurricane Otis has slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane, bringing 165 mph winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and nearby towns

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Hurricane Otis weakens to Category 4, bringing dangerous winds and rains to Mexico

Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns.

The Independent UK

Mexico deploys 300 National Guard troopers to area where 13 police officers were killed in an ambush

The Mexican government is sending 300 National Guard troopers to bolster the southern state of Guerrero, where a local police chief and 12 officers were shot dead in a brutal ambush Monday

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The Independent UK

Well-known leader of a civilian 'self-defense' group has been slain in southern Mexico

A well-known leader of a civilian “self-defense” group has been shot to death in southern Mexico

The Independent UK

Gunmen kill Mexico Attorney General's delegate to southern state of Guerrero

Gunmen have killed the representative of Mexico’s Attorney General’s office in the southern state of Guerrero

Chicago Sun-Times

Mexican cartel crew leader from Aurora tried but couldn’t get out. Now, Pablo Vega Cuevas is hoping for leniency for helping feds.

He’s seeking a reduced sentence of 15 years for his role in Guerreros Unidos. In 2014, he asked the drug cartel to let him leave, but his bosses told him to keep unloading heroin hidden on buses, prosecutors say.

Chicago Sun-Times

They were 2 Chicago pizza delivery guys. Then, they ran a Mexican drug cartel, feds say

The Guerreros Unidos cartel that authorities say brothers Adan and Mario Casarrubias Salgado led fed Chicago’s appetite for heroin and is blamed for the massacre of 43 students in Mexico.

The Guardian - US

Mexico army ignored cartel warnings before mass student kidnapping, emails show

Emails show that months before 43 Ayotzinapa students disappeared, army was warned of criminal gang presence

Reuters

'Mocking us': Parents of missing Mexican students slam government missteps

Parents of 43 students who went missing in 2014 in Mexico called on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to keep his word Monday as thousands joined them in a parade, criticizing blunders by a government that promised to punish those responsible.

Reuters

Kay strengthens into hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast after killing three

Tropical storm Kay strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday, weather authorities said, a day after leaving three people dead in the southwestern state of Guerrero.

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