The war between La Unión Tepito and Fuerza Anti-Unión that plunged the CDMX into a spiral of violence

The apparent tranquility of Mexico City, which had remained unaware of the dispute between drug cartels in other states of the country, has cracked in recent months.

According to the Citizens Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice (CCSPJP), Violent crimes, such as kidnapping, robbery with violence and intentional homicide, have increased under the leadership of Claudia Sheinbaum.

According to official figures, in March 2019 Victims of homicide increased by 46% compared to the monthly average from January to November 2018, Ranging from 114 to 166.

The deceased apparently belonged to the The cartel La Unión Tepito, criminal group operating in the country's capital. Armed men who The alleged attackers are members of the rival organization: Anti-Union Force.

Since last week, Mexico City's prosecutor's office has reported an increase in the number of killings in Tepito..

Intelligence reports report that recent executions of owe to anti-union force Tepito, led by Sergio Flores Concha, aka "El Tortas", takes advantage of the weakness of Union Tepito to seize all the outlets for drugs and extortion of its rivals.

The dispute between two factions of this organization, the most powerful of today in the Mexican capital, generated levels and forms of violence never seen in the city.

In June 2018, the discovery of remains of dismembered bodies scattered near Tlatelolco's home, He showed that the capital of the country was no longer immune to conflict between criminal groups.

"He started dirty cleaning," said a message to the Anti-Union Force (FAU) group, a faction that separated from the Tepito Union and is at war for control of the group's illicit activities.

In May also of 2018, two bodies were found in garbage cans and in the last days of August 15 people were killed, in both cases, alleged members of both factions.

After, On September 19 of last year, a mbadacre took place on the popular and tourist Plaza Garibaldi. where six people died, when an order dressed in mariachis attacked a bar located on the side of the square.

But this war that Roberto Mollado Esparza maintains, aka "El Betito", leader (currently imprisoned) of La Unión Tepito, and Jorge Flores Conchas, nicknamed "El Tortas", leader of the group of anti-union forces, It started in December 2017.

According to information from the prosecutor's office, extortionists from El Betito reportedly went to Quesadillas, located in Colonia Guerrero, belonging to Guillermo Sabino Florez Conchas, brother of "El Tortas"; to require the fee for the "ground duty", which he refused, arguing that he was exempt from this payment.

He even beat them from the establishment to those who went to extort him, among whom was Omar Sanches, "El Ganzate", right hand man of Mollado Esparza at this time.

This fact provoked the anger and indignation of the members of La Unión Tepito without notifying "El Betito", kidnapped and killed the brother of "El Tortas", Guillermo Sabino.

The body was found a few days later on Héroes Street, between Camelia and Degollado, in the district of Guerrero. SHis relatives did not report the murder to the local prosecutor's office and decided that the leader of the anti-union force would repair him in his own way.

Intelligence services report that "El Tortas" has approached "El Betito"because they began at the same time their criminal career in Guerrero, where they had been neighbors since their childhood.

However, the explanation that Flores Conchas asked Mollado Ezparza, "El Betito", He had no echo and replied that he had not ordered the execution, so he did not know what had happened.

This is how they ended the relationship that existed and started a war.

After the murder of El Tortas's brother, the acts of violence tinged with narcotics, they started to register more regularly in Mexico City.

In response to that he replied "El Betito", about the execution of his brother, "El Tortas "ordered the murder of those who went to extort his brother.

A man identified as "El Oso" was found dead in the streets of Tepito, On his back, he had the caption "Anti-union force".

After that, the Union ordered to kill Víctor Jesús Barajas Perdomo, March 21 in a sports field of La Raza. Perdomo was the lieutenant of "El Tortas" in Plaza Garibaldi.

Then, on May 6, the criminal group of the anti-union force struck the main structure of La Unión Tepito: Omar Sánchez"El Gaznate", the right hand of "El Betito", was murdered.

To date, the "account adjustments" of these two criminal organizations have not stopped in the Mexican capital.

Local authorities recently concluded that Jorge Flores Conchas brothers "El Tortas" were reorganizing the group..

For days around Garibaldi, locals reported seeing gunmen on rooftops or surveying some neighborhoods.