Colonel Ferrufino, former head of Police Intelligence, arrested in La Paz over Marset case
Colonel Juan Marcelo Ferrufino was detained on Friday and transferred to the Felcc. Irregularities are being investigated in the operation that captured Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset.
Former Police Intelligence chief detained in La Paz in connection with Marset case
Colonel Juan Marcelo Ferrufino, former national director of Intelligence for the Bolivian Police, was arrested on Friday in La Paz and transferred to facilities of the Special Force for Fighting Crime (Felcc), according to elpotosi.net.
The detention comes as part of investigations into alleged irregularities that occurred during the operation on 13 March 2026 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, which concluded with the capture of Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset.
The authorities are seeking to determine the exact circumstances in which the police procedure was carried out and to establish whether there were responsibilities on the part of the personnel involved.
To date, the competent authorities have not provided specific details about the formal reasons for the arrest or about the progress of investigative proceedings against the former police chief.
Source: Google News BO — La Paz