Honduran ambassador to Colombia fired over wild Christmas orgy

After sensitive documents were compromised when prostitutes and other guests looted the embassy in Bogotá, the Honduran ambassador to Colombia has lost his job.

The day following the party, the ambassador's personal aid, Jorge Mendoza, was found sleeping in a laundry area, and a Colombian man was found in the basement. Signs showed that an orgy had taken place in the building. Apparently the incident was so extreme, excrement was found in the ambassador's office.

 

The El Heraldo newspaper alleges that amid heavy drinking, party guests trashed the offices. Mendoza's friends and the prostitutes then left the premises with computers and mobile phones and the police are now looking for them. Jose Baquero, Police chief for the northern part of Bogota, said that officers were seeking to question two prostitutes about the party and the alleged theft.

 

It is believed that the stolen phones and computers contained sensitive information on drug trafficking, as Honduras has become an important hub for the Colombian drug trade.

 

Reportedly, Ambassador Carlos Humberto Rodriguez was not present at the wild party, held on December 20. Despite this, Rodriguez was let go to "safeguard national interests and good relations" with Colombia.

 

The foreign ministry said in a statement: "In order to safeguard national interests and good relations with the Republic of Colombia, we asked for the ambassador's irrevocable resignation and Mr Rodriguez stepped down, effective immediately." 

 

Legislator Rodolfo Zelava said, "A scandal in our foreign service is a stain on the country's name. Diplomatic missions are sacred."

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17 arrested in Voodoo sex-trafficking ring in Spain

According to Spain's Interior Ministry, police have arrested 17 people on suspicion of smuggling Nigerian women into Spain. Once in the country, the women were forced into prostitution with claims that Voodoo spells would be cast should they not comply.

In January, police detected that around 10 women had been brought into Spain illegally on a small boat and forced into prostitution in the streets of Barcelona. Most of these women were pregnant or the mothers of very young children. 

 

In further investigations, it was found that a dozen women in an illegal immigrant rescue center in Utrera, Seville were "behaving strangely." They were reportedly maintaining "frequent contacts with several people outside the center," which alerted the police forces. 

 

Members of the National Police and Guardia Urbana (Urban Guard) later found that this contact was with members of the criminal organization. 

 

Following the investigation, police raids seized mobile phones, computer equipment and falsified work permit and identity documents. The detectives further discovered objects that they say were allegedly for use in "Voodoo" rituals. Police said that some members of the group forced the victims to commit robberies and thefts. The stolen objects were then sent to Nigeria. 

 

According to a statement released on Sunday, after months of investigation, police officers have tracked down the suspected pimps, arresting 16 Nigerian nationals and one Ugandan, in Barcelona, Badalona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet and other towns throughout Spain.

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