Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Administrator Thomas M. Harrigan, left, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado John Walsh, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON — For years, Drug Enforcement Administration agents posted in Colombia engaged in sex parties involving prostitutes who were supplied by local drug cartels, a Justice Department review found Thursday.
The Justice inspector general’s inquiry, which examined how federal law enforcement agencies handled sexual misconduct and harassment reports, concluded that seven of 10 agents allegedly involved admitted attending the parties in Colombia where a local police officer often stood guard, protecting the agents’ firearms and other property.
In addition, the report found, three of the DEA agents — all described as supervisory special agents — were “provided money, expensive gifts and weapons from drug cartel members.”
Although the misconduct jeopardized the agents’ security clearances, the matter was never referred to the agency’s Office of Security Programs for review, and the agents were issued suspensions ranging from two to 10 days.
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