Overview
- Federal and Mexico City agents executed an arrest warrant on March 18 on Juan Aldama in Colonia Buenavista for Yorbelis Coromoto Morán Bracho, known as “La Maracucha.”
- Authorities accuse the Venezuelan suspect of aggravated human trafficking and organized crime, with links to extortion of sex workers, drug distribution and recruitment for sexual exploitation.
- She was transferred to the Santa Martha Acatitla women’s prison, where a control judge required her presence for an initial hearing to determine her legal status.
- Investigators say she operated across hotels in Buenavista and formed part of a cell whose other operators include Brayan Betancourt, “Carlitos” N, “Sofía” N, “Lesli” N and “Andrea” N.
- The detention extends a multiagency probe launched in 2025 that has yielded prior arrests and raids, with seizures of methamphetamine, marijuana, a firearm, phones and notebooks listing extortion quotas.