Colombia minister admits police ran male prostitute ring
Source: Agence France-Presse
Colombia minister admits police ran male prostitute ring
By AFP 1 hour ago.
Colombia's defense minister admitted Thursday that members of the national police operated a male prostitution ring but denied top bosses knew about it, after the scandal sparked two high-level resignations.
"Internal investigations indicate that there was such a network but that the commanders had no knowledge of it, although it did operate for a time and harmed the institution," minister Luis Carlos Villegas said on the radio.
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Colombia's current President Juan Manuel Santos was defense minister at that time, with responsibility for the national police.
Colombia's national police chief Rodolfo Palomino resigned on Wednesday after prosecutors launched a probe into allegations that he ran the network dubbed "The Fellowship of the Ring" from 2004 to 2008.
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