She can stand the wrath of Simon Cowell, and crush the dreams of little girls, but Nicole Scherzinger faced something far worse during a recent trip to Mexico.

While traveling to the set of her music video shoot for Try with Me, The X Factor judge was surrounded by gun toting police officers, Star magazine is exclusively reporting.

While driving through the mountains in a bulletproof SUV, Nicole and X Factor choreographer Brian Friedman were pulled over by the Mexican authorities.