Barack Obama’s bodyguards sent home from Colombia summit amid prostitution allegations

Mr Adler later told the Associated Press that he had heard that there were
allegations of prostitution, but he had no specific knowledge of any
wrongdoing.

Those involved had been sent back to their permanent place of duty and were
being replaced by other agency personnel, Mr Donovan said. The matter was
turned over to the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which
handles the agency’s internal affairs.

The incident threatened to overshadow Mr Obama’s economic and trade agenda at
the summit and embarrass the US. The White House had no comment, but also
did not dispute the allegations.

In Washington, Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan would not confirm that
prostitution was involved, saying only that there had been “allegations
of misconduct” made against Secret Service personnel in Cartagena for
the summit. Mr Donovan said the allegations of misconduct were related to
activity before the president’s arrival Friday night and did not impact
security plans for Obama’s trip.

Mr Obama attended a leaders’ dinner Friday night at Cartagena’s historic
Spanish fortress and was due to attend summit meetings with regional leaders
Saturday and Sunday.

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