Colombian woman accused of sex trafficking in Miami-Dade remains in jail

MIAMI – A 40-year-old woman was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Saturday after one of her victims helped authorities unravel the web of lies she told fellow Colombian women to lure them to brothels in Miami-Dade County, according to prosecutors.

According to Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, an ad during the Formula 1 race in Miami Gardens led investigators to identify Elibeth Tovar as the woman who forced a group of women to have sex for money seven days a week.

According to Fernandez Rundle, the victim, who is a mother, said she was a prisoner in a warehouse brothel and Tovar made childcare arrangements for her 4-year-old son when she moved to Miami-Dade thinking she was going to work for SS Elevator Design.