The Colombian hooker scandal has spread to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The Justice Department inspector general’s office is investigating at least three DEA agents in Cartagena, Columbia, accused of hiring prostitutes, sources told The Post.
The alleged DEA misconduct was unrelated to the incident involving the Secret Service at a Cartagena hotel while prepping for President Obama’s April visit.
But it was Secret Service agents being grilled about their wild night in Cartagena with prostitutes who ratted out the DEA for doing it too. The DEA immediately opened its own probe, the agency said.
The DEA has permanent offices in Columbia, including in Cartagena, where prostitution is legal.
“It’s disturbing that we may be uncovering a troubling culture that spans more than one law enforcement agency,” said Maine Sen. Susan Collins, top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
“The evidence uncovered thus far indicates that this likely was not just a one-time incident,” she said.
Officials also confirmed that investigators in the Secret Service probe have interviewed Colombia prostitute Dania Londono Suarez, who set off the scandal with a dispute over being stiffed out of a promised $800 payment for her services.
A dozen Secret Service agents were disciplined or lost their jobs following allegations that some brought prostitutes to their hotel rooms before Obama’s April 14 arrival in Colombia for a diplomatic summit.