The notoriously violent Tren de Aragua gang of illegal Venezuelan immigrants appears to have added a feminine touch.
Cops say heavily tattooed Estefania “La Barbie” Primera is the queen bee of the gang’s sex trafficking operations she ran out of a Texas border town hotel.
Citing a leaked Border Patrol memo, the New York Post reports that the illegal immigrant allegedly drugged one young woman, held her captive in the hotel and brought in men to gang-rape her.
On TikTok, Primera — based in El Paso — uses the handle “barbie underground.” She was arrested on Sept. 27 with her five young children who officials claim she uses as drug mules for the gangs.
The Gateway Hotel where Primera operated has now been shuttered after officials dealt with more than 700 complaints regarding the joint’s lawlessness.
One sex-trafficking victim named Primera as the queen of the prostitution ring. The victims were allegedly trafficking into the U.S. for the sole purpose of generating money for Tren de Aragua via sex.
Another told cops that the female gangbanger drugged her numerous times with a capsule that contained deadly fentanyl as part of the mix. She would pass out then awake as numerous men raped her. Court documents say the woman suffered terrible injuries from the gang rape.
And when the victim tried to escape, “Barbie”, dragged her back to her hotel HQ. She frequently battered the woman.
In less than two or three years, Tren de Aragua members have killed and tortured their way up the American criminal table and are now operating across the country. Gun smuggling, shootings, drug smuggling and sex trafficking are the gang’s primary sources of income.
Sex slavery rings run by the gang have been discovered in eight states, including Texas, California, New York and New Jersey. Many of the enslaved women owe the gang money after they were smuggled into the country.
Primera sports tattoos covering her face and body. She often flaunts her ink on her TikTok account while dancing seductively to Spanish music.
Across the U.S., neighbourhoods infested with Tren de Aragua members have become no-go zones.
“Before, we would walk around feeling safe, whereas now we don’t feel safe,” one El Paso resident told the Post. “We don’t attend Mass in our neighbourhood church because we don’t feel safe. Our peace and tranquillity have been taken away.”
It’s believed Primera slipped into the U.S. with family members in August 2023.
At the time of her entry, she told Border Patrol agents she was en route to Illinois. Officials placed Primera under the supervision of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s electronic monitoring technology.
The Post, citing sources, said she ditched her ankle monitor within weeks of being sprung. She is being held at an El Paso jail on a $200,000 bond.
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