US EditionBolivia Arrests Accused Drug Kingpin Marset, Transfers Him to US
- This Friday, Sebastian Marset was arrested at dawn in Santa Cruz in a Bolivian police operation that mobilized hundreds of officers and transported him to the city's international airport, with four others also detained.
- Sought by Paraguay and Bolivia, Marset had been on the run since July 2023 and carries a $2 million US bounty for alleged money laundering.
- Profiles report he stamped shipments 'The King of the South,' ordered cocaine hidden in cookies and soybeans, and a Paraguayan investigation linked him to over 16 tons seized, including Antwerp port in 2021.
- Riera told reporters he expects Marset to end up in US custody and said Paraguay will seek his extradition, emphasizing 'most important thing is that he has been detained.'
- After more than two years on the run since July 2023, Marset's capture follows recent regional enforcement moves less than a month after Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera was killed.
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He was one of the most wanted drug traffickers in South America: Uruguayan Sebastian Marset was arrested on Friday 13 March 2026 in Santa Cruz in eastern Bolivia. He had been on the run for more than three years, wanted for drug trafficking, criminal association and money laundering. Just a few hours later, he was deported to the United States.
Alleged top South American drug kingpin arrested in Bolivia, handed over to the U.S.
Suspected Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset, 34, one of South America’s and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) most wanted criminals, has been arrested in Bolivia.
Top narco trafficker Marset handed over to US after Bolivia arrest
Sebastian Marset, the most notorious drug baron in the southern part of South America, was arrested on Friday in the upscale neighborhood of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The Latin American country is the world's third-largest producer of cocaine. The kingpin has a $2 million US bounty on his head for alleged money laundering.
By Darío Klein, CNN en Español. They call him “the manager of the Waterway.” He is one of the three or four most wanted criminals by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which offered a reward of up to US$2 million for his capture. Sebastián Marset, also known as Gabriel de Souza Beumer or Luis Paulo Amorim Santos, a 34-year-old Uruguayan man, was arrested this Friday in an operation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, as confirmed to CNN by Para…
The cartel boss was arrested in a major police operation.
The alleged Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset, wanted in various countries and accused of being the brain of the crime of a Paraguayan prosecutor in 2022, was captured on Friday in a residential neighborhood of Santa Cruz, in eastern Bolivia, and handed over to the DEA anti-narcotics agency that will take him to the United States.This was reported at a press conference by Bolivian government minister Marco Antonio Oviedo, in which he wa…
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