Bolivia

Top Latin American drug kingpin wanted by U.S. is arrested in Bolivia, put on American plane

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Notorious Latin American narco trafficker Sebastian Marset, who eluded police for years, was handed over to U.S. authorities after his arrest Friday in Bolivia. Marset, a Uruguayan national who was on the U.S.’ most-wanted fugitives list, was passed to agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration at Santa Cruz airport, then put on a U.S. … Read more

More than a dozen killed when military cargo plane carrying money crashes in Bolivia, local official says

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A Bolivian military cargo plane carrying money crashed Friday near Bolivia’s capital, damaging about a dozen vehicles on a highway, scattering bills on the ground and leaving at least 15 people dead, an official said. Pavel Tovar, a local fire chief, did not clarify whether the dead were in the plane or in the cars … Read more