Mexican newspapers have revealed that the rivalry between La Unión Tepito and La Anti Unión has intensified since June, resulting in increased murders and violence in Mexico City.
One aspect of this conflict involves the rivalry between La Anti Unión Tepito and Los Fortis—a cell linked to the rival group—which has suffered two fatalities in less than two months.
Between August and September, two members of this family were shot to death: Luis Adrián Díaz Fortis, the alleged leader of Los Fortis, and a nephew known as “El Dayron,” who was shot alongside his pregnant wife.
How the Los Fortis leader was killed
On the night of Wednesday, September 9, Luis Adrián Díaz Fortis, the alleged leader of Los Fortis, was shot dead in a targeted attack in the Cuauhtémoc borough.
Journalist and *C4 en Alerta* host Carlos Jiménez reported that the victim was leaving his partner’s home when a hitman on foot shot him multiple times.
Video footage obtained by the source shows the alleged killer—wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a face mask—walking along the sidewalk of the street where Luis Adrián was murdered.
It was only when the alleged hitman spotted the victim’s vehicle that he began firing repeatedly at the moving car.
It is reported that the Los Fortis leader was struck by at least seven gunshots.
The attack took place shortly before midnight on the streets of the Morelos neighborhood; however, the victim continued driving until he crashed near the intersection of Ferrocarril Hidalgo Avenue and Eje 2 Norte in the Felipe Pescador neighborhood (Cuauhtémoc borough), where he was found dead. As for the alleged assailant, it is known that he fled to a nearby tenement building, where officers from Mexico City’s Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) tracked him down; however, they were unable to apprehend him because the complex has five exits, and he escaped through one of them without the officers realizing which one.
Meanwhile, several of the victim’s relatives arrived at the crime scene; notably, a woman wept over the man’s death while leaning against the crashed vehicle.
C4 Jiménez reported that, weeks earlier, members of the “Los Fortis” family had been threatened by an alleged member of “La Anti Unión Tepito” known as “El Felipe,” who is vying for control of extortion rackets in the Historic Center.
Days later, authorities arrested a suspect involved in the crime nicknamed “El Fideos.”
