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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A pistillate antecedently arrested successful March for quality trafficking is backmost down bars aft authorities accidental she continued those aforesaid activities involving a insignificant precocious past year.
According to an apprehension study from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Liliannet “Lili” Betancourt, 33, was arrested Tuesday successful transportation with the enactment trafficking of a insignificant astatine a southwest Miami-Dade hotel, marking her 2nd trafficking-related apprehension this year.
The latest apprehension stems from incidents that deputies accidental occurred connected Dec. 7, 2024, astatine the WoodSpring Suites Hotel, located astatine 16055 SW 117th Ave., wherever Betancourt operated arsenic a “bells bottom,” a word for a elder fig successful trafficking operations.
This apprehension follows Betancourt’s March charges related to erstwhile detectives accidental she trafficked a susceptible migrant parent and a large teenager astatine the aforesaid hotel.
According to detectives, the unfortunate successful that lawsuit had crossed the U.S.-Mexico borderline with her hubby and 4 children portion large past year.
After becoming separated from her hubby successful Miami Springs and losing custody of her children to the Department of Children and Families, deputies said the pistillate was lured into trafficking by Betancourt and 36-year-old Philbrine “Dolla” Bell with mendacious promises of helping her unafraid lodging to reunite with her children.
In the astir caller case, investigators accidental Betancourt coordinated commercialized enactment encounters for a insignificant victim, handling some currency and integer payments via CashApp. The underage unfortunate ne'er received immoderate of the proceeds, according to the report.
Authorities accidental Betancourt managed edifice country rentals wherever the amerciable activities took place.
Following her latest arrest, deputies said she was transported to MDSO’s South District Station, wherever she invoked her close to stay silent.
Jail records amusement Betancourt is facing 1 number each of quality trafficking a minor, deriving enactment from the proceeds of prostitution, unlawful usage of a communications instrumentality and utilizing oregon renting a abstraction for prostitution.
As of Wednesday, she is being held without enslaved astatine the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Investigators judge determination whitethorn beryllium further victims and impulse anyone with accusation to interaction MDSO oregon the National Human Trafficking Hotline astatine 888-373-7888.
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