Overview
- Federal prosecutors secured a 40-year prison term, lifetime supervised release and $10,000 restitution for Alexis Aldair Chavez, who was sentenced Wednesday for racketeering and child sexual exploitation, the Justice Department said.
- Chavez pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2025 to one count of racketeering, one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
- Court records and prosecutors describe Chavez as an administrator of the '8884' subgroup who groomed and coerced minor victims into self-harm, animal torture, sexual acts and recorded abuse to produce exploitative content.
- The FBI and DOJ say the case is part of a wider investigation into 764-linked networks that use messaging apps and private chats to recruit and extort minors, with the FBI investigating roughly 500 people nationwide and multiple active cases in Central Texas.
- Officials urged parents to monitor children’s online activity and report suspicious contacts while prosecutors said the sentence reflects an ongoing enforcement push, building on earlier long sentences for other 764-linked leaders.