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Accused Drug Lord Claims US Feds Tried to Shake Him Down for $4M in Crypto

ID: f3915965-6639-58db-b7c1-b4434dc9805f

STIX ID: report--f3915965-6639-58db-b7c1-b4434dc9805f

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-06-25

Date Updated: 2026-06-26

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An accused South American drug lord, Sebastián Marset, filed handwritten court allegations that U.S. agents attempted to extort roughly $4 million in cryptocurrency by demanding access to his wallet and contacting his family via WhatsApp; he also claims an irregular rendition from Bolivia, rights violations during transport and interrogation, and has fired his U.S. attorneys as prosecutors consider a superseding indictment.

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