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A Colombian state agency will launch an investigation into the Secret Service prostitution scandal to determine whether underage prostitutes were involved, the Colombian press reports.
The head of Colombia’s Institute for Family Wellbeing, María Rosario Blanco, told Colombian daily El Tiempo the agency will probe the matter, though authorities have not received any formal complaints that Americans contracted underage prostitutes.
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan said during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that none of the women involved in allegations of prostitution were minors.
Prostitution is legal in designated areas in Colombia, including parts of the Caribbean city of Cartagena