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Convicted US Child molester Robert Snyder – who went by the name Augustin Rios in Belize was sent back to the United States today where he will be treated as a fugitive after failing to keep up with the terms of his probation when he was released from a Colorado prison in 2007. This video of him was taken at the airport today where he was escorted by Belize police and then later picked up by a US Marshall who escorted him to Houston on a Continental Flight and from there to Colorado. We could not confirm what immigration status he had in Belize, but because he is a US citizen – he was presumably given an order to leave, expels from Belize.

According to best reports Snyder came to Belize in or around the last quarter of 2008 where he married a policewoman and started seeking out jobs as a chess instructor – which is the same career he had when he was in Colorado. According to US media reports, he used that profession as a means to get close to his young victims.

Snyder worked under his Rios name at a number of primary schools in Belize City where he was a paid chess instructor. That last name proved important because when background checks were done on that name they came up empty. It is believed that he changed his name in Mexico before coming to Belize. At this time, there have been no complaints against him in Belize.

The Belize National Youth Chess Foundation today sent out a strong release declaring that they had no association with Snyder and that he worked independently. The Youth Chess Foundation said they differed with him because he charges for chess instruction and the foundation strictly offers instruction for free.