A Catholic priest has been arrested by police investigating a global child porn ring.The unidentified cleric was among seven people detained by authorities in Mexico.
The paedophile organisation allegedly distributed 100,000 pictures and videos of children from around the world.
They were viewed in Brazil, Spain, Bulgaria, Russia, the United States and Argentina, police said.
"A priest from Xalapa, Veracruz, was among those detained, as well as an IT worker from the foreign ministry," a statement said.
Authorities found files containing a large number of explicit sex scenes between adults and children up to 10 years of age at the ministry worker's house, the statement added.
It said the inquiry, which began in March, had led to the discovery of suspected members of the network throughout the country.
Authorities said that the children appeared to be of different nationalities.
One of the suspects had confessed to acts of "rape and sexual abuse," the statement said.
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