After mayor beheaded in Mexico, a former prosecutor is arrested in connection with the murder

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, Chilpancingo.  The public prosecutor's office in Guerrero released a photo of the suspect, identifying him as German "N" in line with the usual practice of not giving full names.

The arrest was shocking, because officials had previously blamed the killing on a local drug and extortion gang, and Reyes was formerly employed as special prosecutor for Guerrero state, a high-level position.