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Anger and disgust in Mexico over beheading of newly sworn-in city mayor

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Alejandro Arcos Catalán was attacked and beheaded days after taking office in Chilpancingo .

The 43-year-old mayor was killed on the eve of his inauguration on 30 September .

Photos of his bloodied head were posted on the roof of a white vehicle while his body lay slumped inside.

The mayor’s murder came after two close allies were shot dead in the early days of his administration.

Arcos Catalán’s predecessor Norma Otilia Hernández was removed from office after compromising footage emerged showing her talking with a Squirrels boss in a restaurant.

Norma was then a member of López Obrador and Sheinbaum 's political movement, Morena , who claimed it was a chance encounter.