The US Department of Justice, or DOJ, has discovered the reason why the drug trade between South American nations and the United States keeps on growing even if it has sent agents to these nations. It appears these agents are in cahoots with drug cartels which even pay for prostitutes who provide “entertainment” services to sex parties of the American agents.

When the DOJ and the agents were asked to explain, they did not cooperate, said a DOJ report released on Thursday, according to News.vice.com.

The department’s Office of the Inspector General said the agents come from the DEA; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; FBI and US Marshall Services. Most of the incidents involving inappropriate behaviour were by the DEA agents. They did not only indulge in sex parties, they also snubbed DOJ inquiries.

The DOJ investigation cover the four-year period 2009 through 2012, but the incidents of sex parties with Colombian sex workers go as far back as 2005. The report identified 10 DEA agents who got the services of local prostitutes for parties held in their residence paid for by the US government.

Building managers where they have rental units got complaints from other residents about the noise caused by their sex parties. The DEA supervisor in Colombia was informed of the complaints, but the regional director did not elevate the problem to Washington because he believed it was only “a management issue.”

However, some of the agents who were part of the parties claimed they were unaware that the sex trade workers they had fun with were courtesy of drug cartels in Colombia. The DOJ did not accept their alibi and said that as agents, they should have known who was paying for the cost of their orgies.

Besides sex trade workers, the cartel also gave to three of the 10 agents money, expensive gifts and weapons, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. After the investigation, seven of the 10 agents admitted attending the orgies and were suspended between two and 10 days, while one agent was cleared of all wrongdoing.

To contact the writer, email: v.hernandez@ibtimes.com.au

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