Bolivia Arrests US-Wanted Uruguayan Drug Trafficker Marset

Bolivian authorities arrested Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, a notorious Uruguayan drug trafficker wanted by the United States on money laundering charges, in a predawn raid in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on Friday, and immediately transferred him to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration custody for transport to the United States.

The operation, led by Bolivia's Special Force for the Fight Against Drug Trafficking, involved hundreds of officers who surrounded a luxury home in the upscale Las Palmas neighborhood around 2 a.m. Marset, 34, was detained without resistance alongside four associates of various nationalities. Authorities seized weapons, luxury vehicles, and large sums of cash during the raids on two properties. No injuries were reported. The suspect was escorted to Viru Viru International Airport and boarded a U.S.-flagged plane shortly after, pursuant to a U.S. court order, according to Bolivian officials.

Marset led the First Uruguayan Cartel, a transnational network accused of coordinating cocaine shipments from Bolivia through Paraguay to Europe, in partnership with groups including Brazil's First Capital Command and Italy's 'Ndrangheta. U.S. prosecutors indicted him...