Germán Reyes was arrested on charges of homicide for the killing of Alejandro Arcos just a week after he took office as mayor, officials said.

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,

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,