Adult star kidnapped and stuffed into the back of a car by ‘gangsters’ in horror footage

Nicole Pardo Molina, 20, was pulled off the street and thrown into the back of a car during a kidnapping in Mexico. Horror footage shows the woman trying to break free before the vehicle speeds off

Shocking footage has emerged of an American adult actress being kidnapped as she is grabbed from her distinctive lilac Cybertruck by multiple armed men.

Nicole Pardo Molina, 20, a young social media influencer, who has more than 170,000 followers on Instagram under the name “La Nicholette,” appeared to be snatched off the street next to a shopping centre on Tuesday.

The horror footage of the kidnapping was captured on the camera of Molina’s cybertruck. It shows the 20-year-old being shoved inside a white Toyota Corolla in Culiacan, Mexico. In the clip, the woman can be seen briefly struggling against two men, before she is eventually forced back into the vehicle as it accelerates away.

Prior to the incident Molina was known to frequently travel between Culiacan and Phoenix, where her parents still live. The area where Molina lived – and where her father is from – is known to be controlled by Los Mayos, a faction of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel. The faction in the area is led by drug lord Ismael Zambada.

There are no confirmed links between Molina and any criminal group. However in some of Molina’s older videos she referred to “the man with the hat” – a common nickname for the drug lord Zambada.

The adult star’s social media accounts share glimpses of her glamorous lifestyle across her TikTok, Twitch and YouTube. Molina’s success started after the star commissioned a corrido for herself, a traditional Mexican narrative ballad, on her 16th birthday in 2022. The corrido, “La Muchacha del Salado,” performed by Grupo Arriesgado, has raked up a staggering 27 million views over the years.

The social media star had made various business ventures in the area where she was kidnapped. Molina had started a jewellery business and also bought a hat and clothing store in the shopping centre where she was pulled from the streets.

According to official figures in 2025, 398 women were kidnapped or disappeared in Sinaloa alone. Alongside these kidnappings and disappearances in May 2025 TikToker Valeria Marquez was murdered in a live stream on social media in Jalisco, Mexico.

The Daily Star previously reported on an adult star who was forced to tell her family that she was working in the adult industry after an “obsessed” doctor stalked and tried to kidnap her.

The woman (who wants to remain anonymous) was only 18 at the time. It came before OnlyFans existed, when the model still had a day job alongside her fledgling career on cam sites. After she told him she didn’t want him contacting her, the doctor started “harassing” her on her mobile phone.