Colombia

Stories 141 - 160 | << Prev   Next >>

Motorcycle Gunmen Take Out 'Cocaine Godmother'

Police surprised it didn't happen sooner

(Newser) - Griselda Blanco, the so-called "Godmother of Cocaine" who orchestrated a wave of horrific drug violence in the streets of Miami in the '70s and '80s, was gunned down in Colombia yesterday. Police say the 69-year-old was leaving a butcher shop when a pair of gunmen on motorcycles...

Garcia Marquez Foundation: Dementia Claim Is Fiction

'Gabo is not insane'

(Newser) - It's quite the plot twist: On the heels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's brother's revelation that the Nobel laureate is suffering from dementia, the Colombian author's foundation says it just isn't so—so stop with the bellyaching. "Please, enough messages of solidarity: Gabo is not...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Has Dementia

Brother says Nobel laureate author is done writing

(Newser) - The younger brother of Gabriel Garcia Marquez says the Nobel laureate is suffering from dementia at age 85, reports the BBC . The author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera phones frequently to ask for help with basic daily tasks, says Jaime Garcia Marquez....

Colombian Escort to Open Foundation for Prostitutes

Dania Londono Suarez gained notoriety in Secret Service scandal

(Newser) - The Colombian escort who set off the Secret Service scandal by refusing to quietly go away when she didn't get her money isn't leaving the spotlight so quietly, either. Dania Londono Suarez says she will take some of the money she's earned off her story to open...

Secret Service Agents Fight Dismissal

Director to testify that sex scandal didn't threaten security

(Newser) - Four of the Secret Service agents forced out of their jobs over the Colombian sex scandal have decided that they're not going down without a fight, the Washington Post finds. The agents claim that they are being made scapegoats for behavior the agency has long tolerated . And so they'...

DEA Agents Probed for Hiring Colombian Prostitutes

Secret Service scandal spreads

(Newser) - Looks like Secret Service agents weren't the only feds misbehaving in Colombia. The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating three of its agents for hiring prostitutes in the country, sources tell CBS . The investigation of the agents—who have been removed from Colombia—was opened based on information from a...

Secret Service Were 'Bunch of Fools': Hooker

Dania Suarez: 'I felt strong' in demanding my money

(Newser) - A prostitute at the heart of the Secret Service sex scandal has gone on Colombian TV and called the agents "a bunch of fools," the Telegraph reports. Dania Londono Suarez went on: "I could have done a thousand other things. If I had wanted to, I could...

Secret Service Agent Named
 Secret Service Agent Named 
prostitution scandal
Apr 28, 2012 3:39 PM CDT

Secret Service Agent Named

Arthur Huntington at heart of the probe: unnamed source

(Newser) - Looks like it's time to name names in the Secret Service prostitution scandal. An insider tells CNN that the agent who argued over pay with an alleged hustler is one Arthur Huntington, who has left the Service. He won't talk to reporters, but his neighbors say the 41-year-old...

1,400 Cops Keep McCartney Safe in Colombia

Sir Paul was only there 2 days

(Newser) - At a concert last week in crime-ridden Bogota, Colombia, Paul McCartney was very, very safe—because he was surrounded by 1,400 police officers. Given, some 30,000 music lovers did attend the concert, the Telegraph reports, and police occupied a five-block radius around the stadium in which he performed....

Booted Secret Service Agent Looks to Sue

More resignations expected

(Newser) - As the investigation into the Secret Service sex scandal unfolds, one of the agents driven out is set to sue, a congressional insider tells CBS News . Congress expects more resignations in the matter within days, according to Rep. Peter King. While reports have held that three agents have been forced...

Escort in Colombia: &#39;I Tell Him, &#39;Baby, My Cash Money&#39;
Escort in Colombia: 'I Tell Him, 'Baby, My Cash Money'
3 agents forced out
Apr 19, 2012 3:40 AM CDT

Escort in Colombia: 'I Tell Him, 'Baby, My Cash Money'

New York Times gets interview with woman at heart of Secret Service scandal

(Newser) - The Secret Service scandal has cost three agency employees their jobs so far, reports AP . (One quit, one supervisor retired, and another supervisor is in the process of being fired.) The New York Times , meanwhile, scored an interview with the 24-year-old escort at the heart of the case, the...

Agents Boasted About Work to Prostitutes: Sources

This is not the scandal Obama needed before election

(Newser) - In another apparent security breach, Secret Service agents in Colombia bragged to prostitutes that they were in charge of protecting President Obama, sources tell ABC News . As they partied at a sex club, members of the president’s advance team allegedly boasted: “We work for Obama,” and “...

21 Prostitutes May Have Visited Secret Service Hotel

9 military personnel now suspected in scandal

(Newser) - Up to 21 prostitutes may have joined 11 Secret Service agents and not five but as many as nine military personnel in their hotel in Colombia , officials now say. As those numbers tick up, other numbers emerge—related to the payment that brought the scandal to light. The Washington Post...

'Sex Scandal' Agents Had Obama's Sked in Rooms

'What if the women had been spies?' asks senator

(Newser) - Secret Service agents had copies of President Obama's schedule in their hotel rooms while they were allegedly entertaining prostitutes in Colombia last week, sources have told MSNBC . The latest information about agent hijinks raises the disturbing issue of serious security breaches. "I can't help but think what...

Inside the Sex Club Where Obama's Agents Got Wild

Secret Service agents 'had huge egos': hotel staffer

(Newser) - Welcome to a shabby Colombian bar called the Pley Club. This windowless, one-story brick building with a tacky neon sign outside is located in a poor area of Cartagena. Little black tables cover a gloomy dance floor. Dancers in tight dresses show off leg and cleavage on a white stage....

'Badass' Hillary Clinton Surfaces in Colombia

Hillary lets down her hair

(Newser) - While President Obama had his hands full with the Secret Service prostitute scandal in Colombia, Hillary Clinton was partying at a trendy cafe in Cartagena. It was badass turn No. 2 for Clinton, who's undergoing a reputation refurbishment as a take-no-guff secretary of state thanks to the Texts from...

Obama Demands Probe Into Secret Service Scandal

Prostitute scandal steals Colombia thunder

(Newser) - The Summit of the Americas is over, but the prostitution scandal involving Secret Service agents keeps on going, overshadowing what was supposed to be a chance to showcase Colombia to the international community, reports Reuters . "From nearly failed state to emerging global player—in less than a decade" is...

Obama: Drug &#39;Legalization Is Not the Answer&#39;
 Obama: Drug 
 'Legalization Is 
 Not the Answer' 
Summit of the Americas
Apr 15, 2012 7:45 AM CDT

Obama: Drug 'Legalization Is Not the Answer'

Summit leaders increasingly want to end war on drugs

(Newser) - With an election year well under way, President Obama went to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia determined to talk about trade deals and the economy. Unfortunately, many of the other leaders wanted to talk about the failed war on drugs and legalization, reports the LA Times . "In...

Secret Service Felled When Agent Didn&#39;t Pay Hooker
 Secret Service 
 Felled When Agent 
 Didn't Pay Hooker 
Summit Scandal Fallout
Apr 15, 2012 6:50 AM CDT

Secret Service Felled When Agent Didn't Pay Hooker

11 agents put on leave, 5 military servicemen accused also

(Newser) - The Secret Service prostitution scandal that's threatening to overshadow the Summit of the Americas came to light after one agent refused to pay one of the women involved, reports the New York Daily News . “The agent said, ‘I don't owe you anything,’ but gave the...

Secret Service Agents Sent Home Over Prostitution Scandal

12 are recalled from Obama's trip to Colombia

(Newser) - Up to a dozen US Secret Service agents have been sent home from Colombia, where they were supposed to be providing security for President Obama at the Summit of the Americas, but instead were involved in "misconduct" with prostitutes, reports the Washington Post . Officially, the agency is mum about...

Stories 141 - 160 | << Prev   Next >>
Most Read on Newser