President Luis Lacalle Pou, for his part, assured that “the government does not negotiate with drug traffickers.”
The Minister of Government of Bolivia, Eduardo Del Castillo, reported that Interpol International issued a blue alert for Sebastian Marset for the crimes committed in that country; meanwhile, the president Luis Lacalle Pou He assured that the government will not negotiate with drug traffickers.
The Uruguayan drug trafficker already has a Red alert issued at the request of Paraguay for drug trafficking. Meanwhile, according to Interpol, a red alert has the objective of “locating and detaining wanted persons with a view to their prosecution or to serve a sentence,” while the blue is “to get more” information regarding the identity of a person, their whereabouts or their criminal activities in relation to a criminal investigation.”
Del Castillo reported at a press conference that this Monday Interpol announced to the Bolivian government that its request for the blue alert against the drug trafficker had been accepted with the aim of finding his whereabouts. “Now he will be wanted internationally for the crimes he committed in Bolivia”, del Castillo explained.
In that country, marset has an arrest warrant for six criminal proceedings. Among the crimes is the creation of a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking, kidnapping, legitimization of illicit profits, illicit carrying of weapons, trafficking of controlled substances, among others.
The government’s position
The president was consulted about the possibility of the prosecutor’s office negotiating with the defender of marset for him to surrender in Uruguay for a minor crime and thus avoid being extradited to Paraguay.
The president’s response to the dam was clear: “the government does not negotiate with drug traffickersthat is crystal clear, I shouldn’t even say it, and let’s hope that the coordination of the different police forces is effective to be able to carry out what needs to be done.”
To this, he added his response to the questioning of the presidential candidate, Yamandu Orsi. “I don’t have time to dedicate to everyone who speaks. “Either we raise the level or lower the volume,” responded the president.
Added to Lacalle Pou’s position was that of the Secretary of the Presidency and current pre-candidate, Alvaro Delgado. “Uruguay has a very clear position on that, said the prosecutor (of CourtJuan Gomez): Uruguay “It does not negotiate with drug traffickers and criminals,” the leader established.
For his part, in relation to the interview that the drug trafficker gave to the Santo y Seña program, he commented that “everyone has an opinion. They imagine that, if I don’t comment on the opinion of other candidates, I won’t comment on that of other candidates. “Marset.” The leader claimed to have seen the interview, but did not want to give statements. “I am not going to comment on the interview with a drug dealer. “It speaks for itself,” he said.
Source: Ambito
