A viral courtroom video has shown the moment a murd£r suspect was attacked by his alleged victim’s uncle and stepfather during a hearing on Friday, Jan. 31 I in the Unites States.
The suspect, an Albuquerque police Alexander Ortiz, 21, was arrested last February in connection with the f@tal shooting of his ex-girlfriend, Alianna Farfan.
He was charged with first-degree murd£r, which he pleaded not guilty to in March 2024, according to court records.
When hearing resumed on Friday morning, Jan. 31, 2025, family of the victim of his crime sprang a surprise on Ortiz in the courtroom at the Bernalillo County Courthouse in Albuquerque.
The video shows a man later identified as the victim’s uncle, jumping over the courtroom boundary separating members of the public from suspects and rushing for Ortiz, who tries to flee. A second man joins the pursuit seconds later.
They catch up with the suspect and descend on him as security officials try to break up the fight.
Carlos Lucero, Pete Ysasi, Ortiz, a corrections officer, Ortiz’s father and a sixth unidentified man were involved in the fracas.
Lucero and Ysasi can be seen punching an unidentified man wearing jeans and a dark long-sleeved shirt, while the corrections officer tries to protect Ortiz.
The corrections officer in a last ditch effort to save the situation pulls out his Taser, bringing a halt to the struggle.
Court documents filed by the state of New Mexico in Metropolitan Court last week identified the men as Lucero and Ysasi. Deputies responded to the courtroom at around 9:30 a.m. following a dispatch report of an active fight.
Lucero and Ysasi jumped over the courtroom gate, ran toward Ortiz and began punching him, court documents allege. They are also alleged to have injured the corrections officer protecting Ortiz.
During his arrest, Lucero referred to the victim, Farfan, as his niece.
“He k!lled my niece like a coward,” Lucero is alleged to have told the deputy who detained him.
Lucero added that the fight was worth going to jail for.
He said, “It was worth every moment.”
See the fight here.
