On motorcycles and luxury cars: this is how “El Dilan”, extortionist from the Tepito Union operated

When some merchant in the Historic Center refused to make the payments demanded by the Tepito Union for the right to a flat, the criminal cell run by Dilan Alexis Alvarado Chavez, alias el Dilan, kidnapped him and on board motorcycles he was taken to public parking lots, where he was beaten until accept the extortion of the criminal group, and subsequently the victim's relatives paid high sums in exchange for his release.

Dilan Alexis Alvarado Chávez, arrested by Mexico City police officers last Tuesday, is a member of the Tepito Union and head of a cell of kidnappers, extortionists and narco-nudists operating in the Cuauhtémoc, Venustiano Carranza and Gustavo A. Madero, as well as in some municipalities in the State of Mexico.

Characterized by its high degree of violence, Dilan was also responsible for various “dripper” cells, that is, cash loans that are subsequently violently collected at high interest rates. These groups are usually made up of people of Colombian origin.

According to sources consulted, Dilan has a great fondness for motorcycles and luxury cars, including those of the Porsche and BMW brands. It is also known that he owns different properties in Mexico City, in addition to some others in Ecatepec and Tecámac, in the State of Mexico, which he used as safe houses and warehouses.

According to reports obtained by Infobae México, although Dilan was mainly responsible for the collection of extortion in the Historic Center of CDMX, it lived in the State of Mexico and from there sent instructions to the members of its criminal cell.

Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Citizen Security of Mexico City, reported that the arrest of this alleged criminal was achieved on March 22 at the Gustavo A. Madero mayor's office.

According to the testimony obtained by the capital authorities, El Dilan threatened a pedestrian passing through the DM Nacional colony with a long gun, after which it informed the authorities, who launched an operation to capture him.

After carrying out a search operation, the Dilan was located while driving in a blue car on the San Juan de Aragon Causeway. Authorities stopped him and asked him to leave his unit for a routine review, which resulted in the securing of 30 doses of marijuana, 12 sachets of cocaine and seven cocaine wrappers in stone, as well as a long gun, two rifle chargers, seven useful large-caliber cartridges and two telephones cell phones.

The arrest was carried out by police officers from the Ministry of Citizen Security (SSC) in coordination with elements of the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar).

At the time of his arrest, Dilan was in the company of a woman, who was also brought before the Public Prosecutor's Office to determine responsibilities.

For some years now, the criminal activities of the Tepito Union have seriously affected economic activity in the Historic Center, where tenants and street vendors have denounced the extortion, kidnappings and executions by this criminal group. Other cells are known to be dedicated to the illegal dispossession of buildings for use as warehouses or security departments.

The struggles between various cells to gain control of the organization have unleashed a wave of violence and executions that has spread across several mayors.

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