Overview
- Bolivian police arrested Marset in a pre-dawn raid in the Las Palmas area of Santa Cruz after years on the run since escaping a 2023 operation.
- Authorities detained four alleged members of his security team during the operation, which unfolded without injuries.
- Officers delivered Marset at Viru Viru airport to DEA agents for a flight to the United States, with Bolivia stressing the DEA did not take part in the arrest.
- Investigators attribute to his network cocaine shipments tied to roughly 16 tons of seizures in routes to Europe, while the U.S. charged him with money laundering and offered a reward of up to $2 million.
- Paraguay indicated it will pursue an extradition request as probes link Marset to the 2022 murder of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci.