<P> The series The Fast and the Furious were inspired by an article on street racing, "Racer X", that appeared in the May 1998 issue of Vibe magazine . Leticia Ortiz is Dominic Toretto's love interest, and director Rob Cohen said he "flipped out" over Michelle Rodriguez' performance as a teenager who boxes in the 2000 drama Girlfight . "We needed someone who could play a Joan Jett - type character who is really wild", said Cohen . </P> <P> In The Fast and the Furious, Letty is Dominic Toretto's girlfriend . She helps Dominic and his crew (Jesse, Leon and Vince) in a string of high - speed, semi-trailer truck hijackings, stealing over $6 million in merchandise . Brian O'Conner is sent undercover on a joint LAPD - FBI investigation to apprehend the gang, and he start dating Dominic's sister Mia Toretto . During the "Race Wars" Letty won a race, while Jesse races and loses his imprisoned father's modified 1995 Volkswagen Jetta to Dominic's rival, Johnny Tran, and he flees the track in panic . Early the next morning, Letty and Dominic's crew leave "Race Wars" to commit another hijacking . Brian O'Conner confesses to Mia Toretto his status as an undercover cop, and tracks Dominic's location by triangulating his cell phone signal . They arrive at the hijacking in - progress to find Letty, badly injured at the car accident and Vince critically wounded, having been shot by the truck driver . Brian then blows his cover to the crew by phoning in for a medivac and Letty flees with Dominic, Leon and Mia as the medivac arrives for Vince . </P> <P> In Fast & Furious, Letty and Dominic's new crew (Tego, Rico, Cara and Han Lue), is hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic . Dominic begins to suspect the trail is too hot and leaves Letty to go elsewhere to avoid being caught . In Panama City, Dominic gets a call from his sister, Mia Toretto, who tells him that Letty has been murdered after getting into a near fatal car accident . Dominic heads back to Los Angeles to examine Letty's crash, and later he finds the man who killed her . Meanwhile, F.B.I. agent Brian O'Conner is trying to track down the same man who killed Letty, named Arturo Braga, and Dominic finds that he was able to plant Letty undercover to capture Braga in exchange for Dominic's freedom when she was murdered . </P> <P> In Fast Five, Letty appears in a post-credits scene in photographs . Hobbs receives a file regarding a robbery, in which Leticia's photograph is attached, suggesting that she is involved with the robbery, and is still alive . </P>

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