http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Bogota IrishCentral Bogota en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/amyandrews_gossipgirl/1400-police-looked-after-sir-paul-mccartney-during-his-stay-in-the-crime-capital-bogota-149352575.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/amyandrews_gossipgirl/1400-police-looked-after-sir-paul-mccartney-during-his-stay-in-the-crime-capital-bogota-149352575.html Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:00:16 PDT
The 69-year-old former Beatle and his wife Nancy Shevell, 51, were surrounded by a "ring of steel" throughout their two-day trip to Bogota, and even flew in and out of the city - which has one of the world's highest crime rates - from the military airportA source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "From the moment Paul's plane landed to the moment he left, officials designated 1,400 police for the whole two days"It is a massive security operation because he's the biggest star to ever go to the country"Although there haven't been any specific threats, nobody left anything to chance READ MORE ]]>