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Cumbre de las Américas en Cartagena, Colombia
Por Julie Pace
CARTAGENA, Colombia — Doce agentes del Servicio Secreto
fueron relevados de sus funciones y devueltos a Estados Unidos por alegaciones
de mala conducta.
Prensa Asociada recibió una denuncia anónima de que la
causa fue un incidente con prostitutas en Cartagena, sede de la Cumbre de las
Américas, donde hoy llegó el presidente Barack Obama.
Un portavoz del Servicio Secreto rehusó confirmar o negar
esta información.
En una declaración emitida esta noche, el portavoz Edwin
Donovan dijo que ya se sustituyó a los 12 agentes removidos.
Agregó que el cambio de personal no afectará el plan de
seguridad dispuesto para la visita del presidente a Colombia.
Otros
medios informaron así del bochornoso caso:
Cartagena: 12 agentes del Servicio Secreto de Obama en escándalo de prostitución
Tomado
de El Correo
Doce agentes del Servicio Secreto fueron relevados hoy de
sus funciones y han sido regresados a Estados Unidos en medio de
acusaciones de "mala conducta" durante la Cumbre de las Américas que se
celebra en Cartagena, Colombia.
Según informa el Washington Post, el
presidente de la Asociación Federal de Oficiales de Estados Unidos, Jon Adler,
aseguró que las acusaciones se relacionan con al menos un caso de
prostitución en Cartagena, a donde hoy llegó el presidente
Barack Obama.
En una declaración emitida esta noche, el portavoz del
Servicio Secreto, Edwin Donovan dijo que se sustituyó a los
12 agentes removidos pero se rehuso a confirmar o negar los cargos de
prostitución y dijo que los actos de mala conducta ocurrieron antes de la
llegada de Barack Obama a Cartagena la tarde del
viernes.
Otros medios en Inglés lo publicaron así:
Otros medios en Inglés lo publicaron así:
Misconduct alleged against Secret Service agents
By
Julie Pace, Associated Press
A
dozen Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President
Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty because of
allegations of misconduct.
A
caller who said he had knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press the
misconduct involved prostitutes in Cartagena, site of the Summit of the
Americas. A Secret Service spokesman did not dispute that.
A
U.S. official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter and
requested anonymity, put the number of agents at 12. The agency was not
releasing the number of personnel involved.
The
Washington Post reported that Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law
Enforcement Officers Association, said the accusations related to at least one
agent having involvement with prostitutes in Cartagena. The association
represents federal law enforcement officers, including the Secret Service.
Ronald
Kessler, a former Post reporter and the author of a book about the Secret
Service, told the Post that he had learned that 12 agents were involved,
several of them married.
The
incident threatened to overshadow Obama's economic and trade agenda at the
summit and embarrass the U.S. The White House had no comment.
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 the Colombian port city hosting Obama and
more than 30 world leaders.
Donovan
said the allegations of misconduct were related to activity before the
president's arrival Friday night.
Obama
was attending a leaders' dinner Friday night at Cartagena's historic Spanish
fortress. He was due to attend summit meetings with regional leaders Saturday
and Sunday.
Those
involved had been sent back to their permanent place of duty and were being
replaced by other agency personnel, Donovan said. The matter was turned over to
the agency's Office of Professional Responsibility, which handles the agency's
internal affairs.
"These
personnel changes will not affect the comprehensive security plan that has been
prepared in advance of the president's trip," Donovan said.
