Mexican police raid Meghan's father Thomas Markle's storage unit and seize a computer over alleged child abuse images
Meghan Markle with her father, Thomas Markle Sr, in a personal photograph taken before the FBI announced it was investigating him over child abuse images found in an abandoned Mexico storage unit, which also contained books on paedophilia, 35mm negatives of children and a paper plate bearing alleged dark web URLs.Philippine National Police officers examine seized devices at a Cebu City police facility. Thomas Markle Sr also faces a Philippine investigation after his son handed police a separate hoard of alleged abuse images.
Mexican Guardia Nacional sex crimes investigators seized a computer, thumb drives, VHS tapes and magazines from the unit in Rosarito, Baja California, after a judge authorised a search for child sexual abuse material and evidence of human trafficking. One officer visibly recoiled and exclaimed 'Ay cabron' on viewing the contents. Thomas Markle Sr, 82, already faces a separate criminal probe in the Philippines, and the FBI has also been informed.
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani says Markle is 'dead in the water': 'When you have possession in multiple places — he's done.'
A lawyer for Epstein victims warns Markle may avoid extradition despite investigations now running in the US, Mexico, the Philippines and the UK.
Scotland Yard has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after admitting it failed to act on a letter alleging child sex offences against Markle, received in January 2019.
