Alexander Ortiz, who has been accused of his former girlfriend’s murder, faced an attack at Albuquerque’s Bernalillo County Courthouse during a recent hearing.

Carlos Lucero and Pete Ysasi attacked Alexander Ortiz, accused of murdering Lucero’s niece, in a viral courtroom brawl. The incident escalated despite attempts by security to intervene, resulting in injuries to corrections officers.

Video shows a wild brawl that erupted in an Albuquerque courtroom after the uncle and stepfather of a slain woman charged at her alleged killer.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A hearing for a person accused of murder turned into a brawl in New Mexico. Alexander Ortiz is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Alianna Farfan last year. He was standing before a district judge in Albuquerque on January 31 when a brawl broke out.

Ortiz was charged with first-degree murder, to which he pleaded not guilty in March, according to court records.

The victim’s uncle leaped over a barrier and attacked the defendant, setting off a brawl during a routine hearing in Albuquerque last week that was captured on video.