American OnlyFans star with Mexican cartel ties kidnapped at gunpoint outside mall

An Arizona OnlyFans prima with alleged ties to a Mexican cartel was abducted astatine gunpoint by aggregate equipped men successful Mexico connected Tuesday, according to footage that captured the terrifying incident.

The reported kidnapping of 20-year-old Mexican-American Nicole Pardo Molina, known for driving a distinctive lilac Cybertruck, was captured by her vehicle’s cameras.

According to Spanish outlet El Pais, the incidental took spot extracurricular a buying halfway successful Culiacán, Sinaloa, wherever she was selling merchandise bearing the representation of cartel person Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. The country wherever she lived, and wherever her begetter is from, is reportedly controlled by a rival faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, suggesting the kidnapping is perchance linked to cartel rivalry.

In the footage, Molina, who has much than 180,000 Instagram followers, was approached by a achromatic Toyota Corolla and aggregate attackers, who reportedly utilized tyre spikes to bring her conveyance to a halt earlier pulling up alongside her, El Pais said.

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Nicole Pardo Molina was kidnapped successful Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, connected Jan. 20, 2025. (@nicholette_0521/Instagram)

"According to archetypal investigations, 3 equipped men successful a stolen achromatic conveyance threw tyre spikes astatine the SUV the unfortunate was traveling in, intercepted it, and past forced the unfortunate into the car," authorities said, El Pais reported.

Chaos erupted arsenic she struggled, desperately trying to slam the Toyota’s rear rider doorway unopen and scramble backmost into her ain car, according to the footage. 

The men appeared to yet overpower her and unit her into the backmost of the car, portion a 3rd antheral successful the driver’s spot sped away.

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Attorney General's Office of the State of Sinaloa said Molina whitethorn person been a unfortunate of a transgression pursuing her disappearance connected Jan. 20, 2025. (Attorney General's Office of the State of Sinaloa)

El País reported that Molina was well-known successful Culiacán for her customized lilac Cybertruck, a conveyance that made her instantly recognizable.

Authorities person confirmed Molina’s disappearance and opened a missing persons lawsuit to find the 20-year-old. They are investigating imaginable links to the ongoing turf warfare betwixt rival cartels.

According to the Attorney General's Office of the State of Sinaloa, the authorities presently person nary accusation regarding her whereabouts and said, "it is considered that her information whitethorn beryllium astatine risk, arsenic she could beryllium a unfortunate of a crime."

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Mexican authorities person opened an authoritative missing persons lawsuit for Nicole Pardo Molina . (@nicholette_0521/Instagram)

Molina was calved and raised successful the U.S., and her parents unrecorded successful Phoenix, Arizona, El País reported. She often travels betwixt Culiacán and Phoenix, wherever her household inactive resides.

El Pais added that Molina reportedly dropped retired of schoolhouse successful the U.S. aft the COVID-19 pandemic to prosecute concern ventures successful Mexico.

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While determination were nary confirmed transgression links anterior to the kidnapping, authorities and media reports suggest the incidental whitethorn beryllium tied to cartel rivalries

In 2025, hundreds of women were kidnapped oregon disappeared successful Sinaloa alone, according to authoritative figures. A increasing fig of influencers person besides been threatened oregon killed for promoting oregon alluding to circumstantial cartel factions. In May 2025, for instance, influencer Valeria Marquez was murdered during a TikTok livestream.