An OnlyFans star and influencer with alleged Mexican cartel ties has been kidnapped by three armed men from her distinctive lilac Cybertruck, with the terrifying incident captured on the vehicle’s cameras.
Nicole Pardo Molina, 20, was shoved into a white Toyota Corolla by masked attackers after they pulled up beside her outside a shopping mall in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, on Tuesday.
The young influencer, who has more than 170,000 followers on Instagram, where she goes by the name “La Nicholette,” is seen trying to shut the rear passenger door of the Toyota and then trying to get back in her own vehicle.
She briefly struggles with the two men, who eventually force her into the back of their car before a third man in the driver’s seat accelerates away.
Molina was born and raised in the US and her parents live in Phoenix, Arizona.
She frequently travels between Culiacan and Phoenix, where her parents still live, El Pais reported.
Molina, who shares glimpses of her glamorous lifestyle on her TikTok, Twitch and YouTube, reportedly dropped out of school in the US after the COVID-19 pandemic.
She rose to fame in Mexico after commissioning a corrido, or traditional Mexican narrative ballad, for herself on her 16th birthday in 2022, using money she reportedly saved up from her quinceañera.
The corrido, “La Muchacha del Salado,” performed by Grupo Arriesgado, now has more than 27 million views on YouTube.
She started a jewelry business and also bought a hat and clothing store in the shopping plaza where she was kidnapped.
Molina was known in Culiacan for her lilac Cybertruck, which made her easily recognizable, El País reported.
The area where she lived, and where her father is from, is known to be controlled by Los Mayos, a faction of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel led by drug lord Ismael Zambada.
In some of her older videos, Molina referred to “the man with the hat,” a common nickname for Zambada.
However, there were no confirmed links between Molina and any criminal group.
In 2025, 398 women were kidnapped or disappeared in Sinaloa alone, according to official figures.
In May 2025, TikToker Valeria Marquez was murdered in a live stream on social media.
A growing number of young influencers in Mexico have been killed or faced threats for promoting or alluding to rival cartel factions.
