American sentenced to 199 years in Mexican prison for child pornography charges

An American who took pornographic photos of a girl with her mother's consent was sentenced to 199 years in prison, Mexican authorities have said.

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 US $96,000 (AU $1.1 million).

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.