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5 people, some with their hands tied and heads covered, found murdered on road leading to Acapulco
Five men, some with their hands tied and heads covered, were found dead Monday on a Mexico road leading to Acapulco, a once-glamorous resort city now engulfed in cartel violence.
Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero announced the discovery and said a probe had been opened into “aggravated homicide.”
Local media reported that residents had found the victims, four of whom had their hands tied. The reports said the men had a variety of different injuries.
Guerrero is one of Mexico’s regions worst-affected by violence linked to drug trafficking. Disputes between cartels led to 1,890 murders in the state in 2023. The U.S. State Department advises Americans to completely avoid Guerrero, citing crime and violence.
The bloodshed has increasingly affected elected officials in the state, with two mayors murdered in recent days, including one who was reportedly pulled off a bus and assassinated near Acapulco.
Acapulco was once a playground for the rich and famous, but it has lost its luster in the last decade as foreign tourists have been spooked by bloodshed that has made it one of the world’s most violent cities.
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Last month, five people were killed in an armed attack in Acapulco, just three days after 10 other bodies were found in the resort city.
Spiraling criminal violence has seen more than 450,000 people murdered in Mexico since the government of then-president Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against drug cartels in 2006.
In Mexico’s general election on June 2, leftist Claudia Sheinbaum was elected by an overwhelming majority as the first woman president of the country.
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Argentina’s President Javier Milei is likely to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, according to an Argentine diplomatic official. While his attendance has not been confirmed publicly, the official said all signs point to Milei traveling to Washington, D.C., for the swearing-in ceremony.
A spokesperson for the Trump transition team did not reply to a request for comment.
Milei, a Trump acolyte who was elected last year and describes himself as an “anarcho-capitalist,” on Monday posted on X a link to a news report and wrote “Make Argentina Great Again Make America Great Again,” adding a handshake emoji between U.S. and Argentine flag emojis.
Bloomberg News was first to report on Milei attending the inaugural, citing an Argentine government spokesperson.
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Milei is the first world leader expected to be in Washington for the Jan. 20 event, though arrangements are underway for others to join. CBS News reported last week that Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom Trump personally invited to the inauguration, was unlikely to attend, according to multiple sources.
Trump confirmed Monday that he has exchanged letters with Xi and would “love to have him [at the inauguration], but there’s been nothing much discussed” in terms of whether he’ll accept the invite.
Trump added that he has fielded calls from more than 100 world leaders since winning the election and, when asked specifically, said that he had not invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
State Department records dating back to 1874 show that no world leader has attended an American transfer-of-power ceremony. Traditionally, foreign ambassadors and their spouses represent their governments at the quadrennial event.
Milei met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago shortly after the November election.
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