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MMA Fighter Christian David López Shot Dead at Azcapotzalco Market as Extortion Investigated

Prosecutors are treating potential extortion of tianguis vendors as a key line of inquiry in the homicide.

Overview

  • He was selling sports supplements at a Sunday tianguis in Colonia Nextengo when armed attackers opened fire, and the shooters fled on a motorcycle.
  • Officers from the SSC secured the area and forensic teams carried out initial procedures, with no arrests reported so far.
  • Reports and video cited by local media indicate the assailants posed as app delivery workers, a detail authorities have not formally confirmed.
  • Investigators are examining whether the killing is tied to cobro de piso demands, with alleged threats linked by reporters to the group known as Los Malportados.
  • The victim was known in MMA circles, including a stint with Combate Américas, and his killing has alarmed market vendors and the sports community.