General view of the "Pley club" night club in Cartagena on April 18, 2012, where US Secret Service bodyguards would have hired a group of prostitutes earlier this month. The White House Tuesday expressed confidence in the chief of the US Secret Service, but the elite bodyguard unit's Colombian sex scandal deepened, with claims that 20 women were involved. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan is coming under increasing political pressure over allegations that agents sent to the Caribbean resort of Cartagena ahead of President Barack Obama's weekend visit consorted with prostitutes.
A prostitute poses during an interview wiht AFP in Cartagena on April 19, 2012. The White House expressed confidence in the chief of the US Secret Service, but the elite bodyguard unit's Colombian sex scandal deepened, with claims that 20 women were involved. More agents will be forced out of the Secret Service as early as Thursday, a US lawmaker said, as the White House warned foes not to "politicize" the prostitution scandal blighting the agency.
General view of the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia on April 19, 2012, where US Secret Service agents stayed earlier this month and would have taken hired prostitutes. The White House expressed confidence in the chief of the US Secret Service, but the elite bodyguard unit's Colombian sex scandal deepened, with claims that 20 women were involved
Secret Service caught on video $50 fee for two agents
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