US man jailed 199 years for child porn

MEXICO CITY - An American who took pornographic photos of a girl with her mother's consent, was sentenced to 199 years in prison, authorities in Mexico said Wednesday.

The man had been arrested in Manzanillo, in the western state of Colima for "taking images of a minor girl which he then sent to other countries on the Internet," the prosecutor's office said. It did not name the man, or provide the girl's age.

In addition to his prison term, he was fined the equivalent of $96,000.

The mother was convicted as well for allowing the images to be taken of a minor since the girl was under the age of 18.

Mexico's special prosecutor's office for crimes against women and people trafficking, in the past five years has documented more than 4,000 pages of made-in-Mexico child pornography.

AFP