The U.S. Secret Service is under fire after 11 agents in Cartagena, Colombia for President Obama’s Summit of the Americas conference were caught up in an alleged prostitution incident.
The agents were relieved of duty on Thursday and replaced after "allegations of misconduct,” according to Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovon. The U.S. military said five troops working with the Secret Service are also under investigation.
None of those involved were part of President Obama’s personal protective detail and the president was not in the country at the time.
In Colombia, soliciting prostitution is legal in certain areas, though it's considered a breach of the Secret Service's code of conduct, government officials said.
On Sunday, Obama weighed in on the controversy, saying that he expects the investigation “to be thorough and I expect it to be rigorous.”
“If it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course I'll be angry,” he added.
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