A federal court in San Juan sentenced Lionel Albino Galindo, 53, of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, to 30 years in prison for child exploitation offenses. The sentence was handed down by United States District Court Judge María Antongiorgi-Jordan. In addition to the prison term, Albino Galindo will serve five years of supervised release.
Albino Galindo was indicted on April 19, 2024, and found guilty on March 11, 2025, after a five-day jury trial. The charges included coercion and enticement of a minor; transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity; sexual exploitation of children; receipt and possession of child pornography; and transfer of obscene material to a minor.
According to charging documents and evidence presented at trial, Albino Galindo sexually exploited a 13-year-old girl between February and March 19, 2024. Prosecutors showed that he transported the victim to engage in sexual activity multiple times and created visual recordings of these acts. He also received child pornography from the victim and sent her obscene material using a cell phone and internet messaging services.
U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow for the District of Puerto Rico stated: “U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico; and Devin J. Kowalski, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI San Juan Field Office made the announcement.”
The case was investigated by the FBI with support from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau. Prosecution was led by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jenifer Y. Hernández Vega and Emelina Agrait Barreto.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative started by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at fighting child sexual exploitation through collaboration among federal, state, and local agencies to apprehend offenders who use the internet for such crimes as well as to help victims. More details about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc.
