Hours before being murdered and beheaded, Arcos left Chilpancingo in his truck without a driver or escort in the direction of the nearby city of Petaquillas, according to Omar García Harfuch, head of the Security Secretariat. I was going to a meeting. No one saw him alive again.
A few days after the homicide, hundreds of people dressed in white marched through the streets, many with tears in their eyes shouting “No more violence!” in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero.
During his campaign, Alejandro Arcos Catalán embraced the flag of peace for the capital of Guerrero, disputed by “Los Ardillos” and “Los Tlacos”, two local criminal organizations dedicated to drug trafficking and extortion.
“Together we will have the opportunity to save Chilpancingo!” he shouted in the streets and public squares. Flagged by the PAN-PRI-PRD alliance, he defeated Morena at the polls by less than two thousand votes.
The death of Arcos Catalán not only shook Chilpancingo, it shook the entire country. His case made the front pages of national and international newspapers and also had an impact on the security strategy implemented by the new administration of Claudia Sheinbaum.
At least 250 soldiers were deployed in its streets, which were already full of elements of the National Guard and the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) after the floods caused by Hurricane “John” and the insecurity that characterizes the region.
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