An alleged cocaine boss with a US$2 million bounty on his head was captured by Bolivian forces as the Andean nation renews cooperation with the US after decades of hostility.Dozens of antinarcotics police raided two houses in Santa Cruz in the early hours of Friday, with snipers positioned on nearby rooftops.Their target, Uruguayan citizen Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, was immediately put on a plane to be transferred to the US by the Drug Enforcement Administration.Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz said the arrest would be the first of many to free the nation from “crime, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity”.Paz, an ally of Donald Trump, took office in November, ending two decades of almost-unbroken socialist rule in the country.The capture came less than a week after the first face-to-face meeting between Paz and Trump at the Shield of the Americas Summit in Doral, Florida.
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Cartel boss on US ‘most wanted’ list captured in Bolivia raid
Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, a Uruguayan national and alleged cocaine boss wanted by the U.S. with a $2 million bounty, was captured in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, during a raid by Bolivian anti-narcotics police on Friday.
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Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, a Uruguayan national and alleged cocaine boss wanted by the U.S. with a $2 million bounty, was captured in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, during a raid by Bolivian anti-narcotics police on Friday. The arrest marks a renewed cooperation between Bolivia and the U.S. after decades of strained relations. Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, a Trump ally who recently met with the former U.S. president, stated the arrest is the first step in freeing Bolivia from crime and drug trafficking. Marset Cabrera was immediately transferred to the custody of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The capture occurred after Paz took office in November, ending two decades of socialist rule in Bolivia.
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The capture came less than a week after the first face-to-face meeting between Paz and Trump.
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Paz took office in November, ending two decades of almost-unbroken socialist rule.
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Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz said the arrest would be the first of many to free the nation from crime.
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Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera was immediately put on a plane to be transferred to the US by the DEA.
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An alleged cocaine boss with a US$2 million bounty was captured in Bolivia.
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