A wanted pedophile has been apprehended in Mexico

• Hidu, the dog, canines was trained to sniff out a chemical coating used in electronic devices.
• Material with child sexual abuse was found.
• Jason Maatman had fled pending court cases in the Netherlands.

Hidu, the dog, was trained to sniff out a chemical coating used in electronic devices; such as flash drives and memory cards, and he discovered material related to child sexual assault. This month, an extraordinary coalition of foreign activist groups, Mexican prosecutors; and a canine trained to sniff out memory devices came together in Mexico City; to apprehend a high-profile alleged pedophile.

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First, Free a Girl, a Dutch human trafficking organisation; alerted activists at Operation Underground Railroad in the United States that Jason Maatman; a Dutch man who openly encouraged sex with children; had fled to Mexico to avoid outstanding legal charges in the Netherlands.

Maatman appears to have believed that lax Mexican law enforcement would allow him to operate freely in Mexico City.

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