Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info. Cops released footage of the moment they held the Dublin man, aged in his 40s, and escorted him to a police van in handcuffs wearing baggy jeans and a grey T-shirt. Both men were remanded to a local jail following a court appearance while the investigation against them continues.
The alleged paedophile is said to have already handed the youngster half the cash he had promised before his arrest. Medellin mayor Federico Gutierrez called the suspect a "depraved person" in an explosive attack on X, formerly Twitter , on Friday hours after the arrest is believed to have taken place.
He said: "We do not stop the fight against sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in Medellin. Zero tolerance. He added in a direct message to other men planning to practice sex tourism in Medellin: "The message is very clear; those who come to exploit our children and women are not only not welcome but we will pursue them until they are caught.
These depraved people will continue to fall. Mr Gutierrez declared war on sex tourists in April, banning the offer of sexual services in another Medellin neighbourhood called El Poblado for six months in the absence of any national legislation making prostitution illegal, and forcing bars in the area to close at 1am. He acted after a year-old American man was discovered in a hotel in El Poblado with two girls aged 12 and An Interpol Blue Notice was subsequently issued for him and Colombian president Gustavo Petro took to X to say his government would ask the US government to "extradite the Medellin hotel paedophile.
She posted a meme showing two dolphins leaping out of the water under a rainbow on X and wrote in Spanish: "For each deported Colombian we will return a gringo from El Poblado.
