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Security & Strategic Review - April 2026
BOLIVIA: ‘King of the South’ captured in Santa Cruz
Sebastián Marset, the alleged leader of the Primer Cartel Uruguayo (PCU), was arrested in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz on 13 March. His capture and extradition to the US marks an early boost for President Rodrigo Paz, who has pledged to make counter-narcotics a top priority and a core plank of a new, Washington-oriented foreign policy. Marset is accused of being a central player in the trafficking of cocaine to Europe, working alongside international criminal partners such as Brazil’s Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), the Insfrán clan in Paraguay, and the Italian ‘Ndrangheta.
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