Ignacio Antonio Santoyo Cervantes Was Set Free In 2021 Due To Insufficient Evidence

Ignacio Antonio Santoyo Cervantes, the founder of Zona Divas, will be the subject of Netflix’s upcoming documentary Caught in the Web: The Murders Behind Zona Divas.

It is an investigative show about women seeking better lives but entangled in an online escort network in Mexico City. Netflix will release it on September 5, 2024.

Zona Divas was the name of the website where escort services were being operated.

The money attracted young women to participate in escort services, but they fell to cruelty and even murder.

Most women were lured to the fake jobs in Mexico, and traffickers enslaved them, forcing them to work as sex workers through the website Zona Divas.

Moreover, they also confiscate their passport.

Ignacio Antonio Santoyo Cervantes Aka El Soni Operated Zona Divas Between 2001 To 2018

Ignacio Antonio Santoyo Cervantes was charged with legal action of human trafficking and money laundering but was released in 2021 due to insufficient evidence.

Despite testimonies from several victims who accused him of leading an international trafficking network, Judge Eduardo Alfonso Guerrero Martinez released him in July.

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Grave !!! 😡😡😡
Zona Divas: sale libre El Soni, líder de red de trata internacional| Telediario México https://t.co/acE9IO9q89

— Rosi Orozco (@rosiorozco) August 29, 2024

Ignacio Antonio seems to be in his 44 as of 2024. After his release, he relocated to Cuba.

If two people agree to exchange s*xual services, prostitution is legal in Mexico but becomes a crime if a third party benefits financially.

Ignacio benefited from it and secretly founded Zona Divas to develop his notorious works. He recruited over 2,000 women from Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, and Brazil.

However, his website was closed in April 2018. According to Telediario, the authorities of Mexico City have been trying to prosecute Ignacio Antonio for over 15 years.

The Netflix series highlights the unfortunate situation of the victims and aims to raise awareness to prevent future abuses.

The Disturbing Network Of Zona Davis

Zona Davis was known for charismatic Mexican influencers for their glamorous lifestyle and vibrant social media presence.

However, their reality was far more complex than anyone had imagined.

Netflix lanza tráiler de la docuserie sobre trata humana en México: "Caught in the Web: The Murders Behind Zona Divas".

En la CDMX, mujeres que buscan una vida mejor caen en una red de escorts online, sin imaginar que terminaría en feminicidios. pic.twitter.com/qzqVJz4ezc

— 🎞🎬 (@TuSubMedia) August 22, 2024

Zona Davis’s darker side was revealed when one Argentine and four Venezuelan trafficking victims were found passed away between 2017 and 2018.

Ailen Grodzinski, an Argentine woman, lost her life on December 27, 2017.

Municipal police also discovered the lifeless body of a 26-year-old Venezuelan woman, Kenni Mireya Finol, on November 24, 2018.

Her attackers raped her, poured acid on her, and executed her. Later, her remains were left in the streets of the Jardines de Santa Clara neighborhood.

If the women refused to participate in sexual activities, the members of Zona Divas threatened them with sending these photos to their families or even taking their lives.

Afterward, an investigation was launched, leading to the arrest of 20 individuals with ties with Zona Davis.

Claudia Sheinbaum, the leader of Mexico City’s governance at the time, highlighted the importance of strengthening the inquiry.

Additional Information

• The directors of Caught in the Web: The Murders Behind Zona Divas traveled to different places to interview women who escaped the trafficking ring and the families of the victims.
• Kenni moved to Mexico City, fleeing the economic crisis in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 2015.
• She wished to be a model but didn’t make it, so she took a shortcut to escort services. Her colleagues called her Paris Hilton.