Accused child sex trafficker charged after 7-hour Houston SWAT standoff

HOUSTON - Some new court documents detail a human trafficking plot ended by Swat officers in North Houston. We first brought you this story as breaking news last week.

What we know:

20-year-old Jeremiah Issaih Guerrero is charged with child sex trafficking and compelling prostitution of a minor after authorities arrested him during a SWAT standoff Friday. 

Records show he was on deferred adjudication for a 2024 drug charge when this happened and was also charged in a road rage shooting in March. 

Authorities say that Guerrero trafficked a 16-year-old girl for several days. 

"He made almost a thousand dollars off the sex work of the 16-year-old complainant in this case," said Harris County Assistant District Attorney Mitchell Sanchez. 

Records say Guerrero gave the girl condoms, instructed her on how to meet clients and took her ID, so clients wouldn't know her age. 

Sanchez says the girl called police and identified Guerrero from a photo lineup. 

"We're really glad that she out-cried when she did the sex trafficking happened for less than a week, from what we can tell," he said. 

Big picture view:

"This is something that has been occurring in parts of district H, unfortunately, for a number of years," said Mario Castillo, District H Council member. 

He says the district will be holding a public safety meeting on human trafficking on May 28 at the Shady Lane Park community center at 3 p.m. 

"What I don't want to do is push this into a different part of the district and look at more of the root causes, because we're hearing these stories and cases, and they break your heart," he said.