From Fugitive to Federal Custody: Inside the Takedown of South America’s ‘King of the South’

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What the source reports

Ahead of his trial, a high-stakes legal battle in Virginia erupts over missing evidence, secret crypto accounts, and alleged cartel ties of Uruguayan drug lord Sebastián Marset.

Court documents show how he was boasting he would evade capture forever

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Source & verification

Primary source: OCCRP · September 16, 2026

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