Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug lord

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Bolivian authorities are conducting a massive operation to capture alleged cocaine trafficker Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, wanted on drugs charges in several countries, with over 2,250 security agents deployed in the effort.



AN AERIAL VIEW OF A HOUSE SEARCHED BY ANTI-NARCOTICS POLICE DURING AN OPERATION TO TRY TO ARREST URUGUAYAN SEBASTIAN MARSET IN SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA, TAKEN ON JULY 30TH, 2023. | MIGUEL SURUBÍ / AFP

Bolivia has mobilised more than 2,250 security agents in a massive operation closing in on an alleged cocaine trafficker who has ricocheted around the world to elude capture, a senior official said on Sunday.

The target of the hunt is Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, wanted on drugs charges in his native Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and the United States.

"A series of raids have been carried out in the department of Santa Cruz... (for) a drug trafficker of high value for our region and the whole world," Bolivian Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo said.

"We have mobilised more than 2,250 police officers, more than 144 motorised vehicles, we have carried out more than 23 operations, six raids and the arrest of 12 people," Del Castillo said.

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