Overview
- Bolivian police captured Marset at dawn in an upscale Santa Cruz neighborhood in a large operation that mobilized hundreds of officers, and four others were detained.
- State television showed him transferred to DEA agents at Santa Cruz airport and placed on a U.S. airplane, with a senior minister saying the deportation followed a U.S. court order.
- An indictment unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia alleges he leads a trafficking organization that moves tons of cocaine from South America to Europe and generates tens of millions of dollars.
- Paraguay had said it would seek his extradition, and its interior minister had predicted he would likely end up in U.S. custody.
- Authorities and prior investigations linked Marset to more than 16 tons of seized cocaine, a $2 million U.S. bounty, and laundering through ownership and sponsorship of lower-tier soccer teams.