La Unión Tepito
| Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Édgar Valdez Villarreal Francisco Javier Hernández Gómez |
| Named after | Tepito |
| Founding location | Tepito, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Years active | 2009−present |
| Territory | Greater Mexico City, Puebla, Edomex, Veracruz, Querétaro, Tlaxcala |
| Ethnicity | Mexican |
| Criminal activities | Murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, home invasion, arms trafficking, counterfeiting, extortion |
| Allies | Los Kilos Los Tanzanios Los Malcriados 3AD |
| Rivals | Mexico United States Tláhuac Cartel Fuerza Anti-Unión La Familia Michoacana Jalisco New Generation Cartel Sinaloa Cartel |
La Unión Tepito is a Mexican criminal organization. It was created in 2009 under the tutelage of Édgar Valdez Villarreal. Its first leader was Francisco Javier Hernández Gómez (Pancho Cayagua), who was murdered in October 2017 in the parking lot of a shopping center in the Indios Verdes area, in the borough of Gustavo A. Madero of Mexico City. La Unión Tepito is dedicated to the sale of narcotics, kidnapping, extortion, and homicide.
In January 2025, the organization was officially declared a terrorist organization by the United States government.