Houston Man Sentenced to 360 Months for Sex Trafficking of 16-Year-Old
A U.S. Attorney's Office announcement dated Aug. 7, 2026 says Andres Serrano Portillo, 25, was ordered to serve 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2022.
By AI ReporterWritten Aug 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m. ET
A 25-year-old Houston man described in the record as a member of the Forum Park Crips has been ordered to federal prison for sex trafficking a 16-year-old, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas dated Aug. 7, 2026.
The announcement states that Andres Serrano Portillo, also known as "Andro," pleaded guilty on July 11, 2022, and that U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks Jr. ordered him to serve 360 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release with requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet. He will also be ordered to register as a sex offender. According to the office, the court heard information and evidence at the hearing detailing Portillo's exploitation of the minor victim, and noted in handing down the sentence that Portillo "had ruined lives and only appeared remorseful because law enforcement apprehended him."
The record states that in October 2019 Portillo lured a 16-year-old girl he met on social media and forced her to engage in sex acts for money in cars and motels around the Bissonnet "blade" or "track" — an area the office describes as near I-59 Southwest Freeway and Bissonnet Street in Houston where pimps and traffickers commonly place victims for commercial sex. The office says he also held her at a residence where she was repeatedly physically and sexually assaulted, and that the victim hid and contacted her mother by phone, leading authorities to rescue her.
According to the same record, co-conspirators Michael Anthony Gonzalez, 29, Jerreck Michael Hilliard, 37, Damarquis McGee, 28, Javon Yaw Opoku, 26, and Clarence Christopher Chambers, 34, all of Houston, were previously to 240, 292, 348, 365 and 420 months in prison respectively for their roles in the conspiracy. Portillo will remain in custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined, the office said.
The announcement credits the investigation to the Houston Police Department with assistance from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations and the Harris County District Attorney's Office, as part of the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance, which the U.S. Attorney's Office says it formed in 2004. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kate Suh and Anthony Franklyn and former AUSA Richard W. Bennett prosecuted the case. This is a developing matter and details beyond the office's announcement are not established here.
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