Colombian authorities are probing whether any of the women involved in the prostitution scandal that’s cost six Secret Service agents their jobs were underage, according to a new report.
Investigators from the Colombian attorney general’s office have talked to employees of the Hotel Caribe, where the agents were staying, and have questioned the taxi driver who drove home Dania Suarez, the hooker at the center of the scandal, a Colombian government official told McClatchy Newspapers.
Police officers also visited the Pleyclub, one of the adult entertainment clubs linked to the scandal, to verify the ages of the women who worked there, a club employee said.
SECRET SERVICE AGENT REGULARLY POSTED PHOTOS OF HIMSELF WITH SEXY WOMEN
PHOTOS: ALLEGED COLOMBIAN HOOKER DANIA SUAREZ
If any of the women involved are under 18, some of the more than 20 Americans tied to the scandal — a mix of Secret Service agents and members of the US military — could face criminal charges in Colombia.
Although prostitution is legal in parts of Colombia, inducing a minor to engage in prostitution is not, the government official said.
So far, officials have not found any evidence of minors being involved in the incident based on information gathered by the Hotel Caribe from their IDs, which women staying overnight at the hotel are required to leave with reception.
As many as 20 women may have provided sexual services to members of the advance Secret Service team who allegedly drank and hired hookers in Cartagena while they were supposed to be preparing for the arrival of the president last week.