The mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez, announces the suspension for six months of the offer of prostitution in the El Poblado neighborhood. He also limits the hours of bars and nightclubs in that area, where, he says, there is a trafficking network.

In Colombia, prostitution is neither illegal nor penalized, as indicated by ruling T-629 of 2010 of the Constitutional Court. The case of the aforementioned American, which occurred last week, has caused an indignant reaction from citizens.