Age of Consent in Colombia !
There was a documentary in the news about Conneticut or one of the Northern States where the consent age was 16 and they were having 16 year old striptease dancers doing tricks because in that state prostitution was allowed as long as it was in doors. Everybody was outrage because technically it was legal and they couldn't do anything about it.
Well in Colombia the consent age is also 16. If the law couldn't do anything back home, I doubt that they are going to go after a few old farts in Colombia. I've only heard of the USA going after gringos, but only in extreme cases of blaten child prostitution-pedafiles. I'm talking about a perv. who from a bicycle threw $ bills to attract 8 yr. old kids.
In addition, the law in Colombia says you have to be caught in the act. That's why they have a hard time prosecuting even real child abuse. I read that in an article in "El Colombiano" about child prostitution some months back. The complaint was that children where driving in Taxis in the middle of the night for alleged child prostitution, but the police couldn't do anything about it because they have to be caught in the act.
Some of the girls tell me they started having sex at 8-10. And a school teacher friend told me that she had young students that were being abused, but couldn't do anything about it. Most prostitutes have had an early childhood experience, specially in the poorer sections, as Colombians like them very young. Sad, but true. The harrassment against the MM is because of it's location in El Poblado and high profile.
There's also a blame it on the "gringos" mentality being fanned, when it is the colombians who have created the hundreds of thousands of hookers. They were here long before any gringos walked these streets, and will be here long after. Americans are just stupid men who fall in love with them and want to marry them after they've been screwed up by the colombians. If Medellin, Costa Rica and Rio de Janeiro were Disney World, you wouldn't have "sex tourism".
Frank Casio!
[QUOTE=Bonhead]I guess we have a few guys here that could potentially be in violation of federal US laws concerning sex with minors while abroad.[/QUOTE]
Week in Lima observations
For all you travelers, after 12 days, Lima is better for food, night life, taxis, hotels, sightseeing, surfing, product buys such as DVDS, its really cheap, half the price of Colombia, But Medellin is cheaper and easier for sex. End of story., If I see another short wearing or NorthFace zip off pants on another Eurpoean or American in my travels, you have to blend in folks. I will ***** slap the next one I see on the street and tell the local cops they tried to pick me up.