WANTED: Sebastian Marset Added to DEA Fugitives List
DEA Headquarters
The hunt continues for one of South America’s most notorious drug traffickers.
Today the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) added Sebastián Enrique Marset Cabrera to its Most Wanted Fugitives List as it continues to investigate his alleged drug trafficking and money laundering operations.
An indictment unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, alleges Marset leads a large-scale drug trafficking organization that is believed to be responsible for moving ton quantities of cocaine from South America to Europe, while generating tens of millions in cash and proceeds.
The 29-year-old’s transnational criminal organization is believed to have trafficked cocaine in Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and elsewhere. The indictment also alleges Marset used United States financial institutions to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds.
A close associate of Marset’s, Federico Ezequiel Santoro Vassallo, awaits his sentencing after pleading guilty to a money laundering conspiracy that involved millions of dollars of drug-trafficking proceeds.
In a span of less than five months, Santora directed the movement of at least $8 million in drug-trafficking funds through U.S. banks. In January 2021, Marset was allegedly owed more than €17 million from the proceeds of a single shipment of cocaine. Santoro arranged the collection and laundering of at least €5 million of those funds, the vast majority of which was laundered using the U.S. banking system. Marset is believed to threaten violence in order to protect his enterprise.
DEA is aggressively pursuing its investigation into Marset’s drug trafficking organization and encourages anyone with information about his operation, including his drug trafficking, money laundering, and use of (or threats to use) violence, or about his whereabouts, to contact email at MarsetTips@dea.gov. Identities are kept strictly confidential.
In coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) has just announced a $2 million reward for information leading to Marset’s arrest and conviction. This is in addition to a $100,000 reward in Bolivia, which authorities announced in 2023.