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Influencer Jaime Toral Is Formally Charged With Human Trafficking, Placed in Preventive Detention

Prosecutors in Veracruz say he forced the elderly woman known as Doña Lety to record monetized videos over nearly two years after a citizen tip led to his arrest in Puebla.

Overview

  • Veracruz’s specialized anti‑trafficking unit imputed Jaime Pascual Hernández Toral for human trafficking in the modalities of slavery, labor exploitation and forced labor.
  • A judge in Tantoyuca ordered justified preventive detention under criminal case 147/2025 while the proceedings continue.
  • Authorities say the alleged abuse occurred from September 6, 2022 to September 1, 2024 in Tantoyuca, where the victim was kept deprived of liberty and compelled to appear in videos for monetization.
  • The Guardia Nacional rescued the victim in September 2024, and the influencer fled until Municipal Police detained him on December 22 in Zacapoaxtla, Puebla after a 911 tip from a passerby.
  • The Veracruz Prosecutor’s Office had offered a 350,000‑peso reward for his capture, and investigators are also pursuing lines of inquiry related to the 2024 disappearance of his ex‑partner, Rosa Elena Pimienta Santos.