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Scoop
22-05-2025
- Scoop
Reward For Information Leading To Arrest And/Or Conviction Of Uruguayan Narcotics Trafficker And Money Launderer
MAY 21, 2025 Today, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing a reward offer under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) of up to $2 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction, in any country, of Uruguayan narcotics trafficker and money launderer Sebastian Marset. Concurrently, the Department of Justice announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Marset with money laundering charges, stemming from the movement of drug proceeds through U.S. financial institutions. Marset is also a wanted fugitive throughout the Southern Cone of South America, charged with organized crime violations in Paraguay and Bolivia. In August 2023, Bolivian authorities announced a separate $100,000 reward offer for Marset's arrest. The TOCRP reward offer follows the largest and most consequential organized crime investigation (Operation A Ultranza Py) against cocaine trafficking in Paraguayan history. This investigation linked a criminal network led by Marset to more than 16 tons of cocaine seized in Europe, including an 11-ton seizure at the port of Antwerp in April 2021 and another 4.7-ton seizure of cocaine in Paraguay. The investigation was conducted in coordination with Paraguay's Special Investigative Unit and Anti-Drug Secretariat (SIU-SENAD), the Uruguayan Interior Ministry, Europol, and the DEA Asuncion Country Office. If you have information, please contact the DEA by email at MarsetTips@ If you are in the United States, you may also contact the local DEA office in your city. The United States is also soliciting anyone with direct knowledge of Marset's drug trafficking, money laundering, and acts of violence (actual or threatened) to contact the tipline. Today's reward offer is authorized by the Secretary under the TOCRP, which supports law enforcement efforts to disrupt transnational crime globally and bring fugitives to justice.
Scoop
04-05-2025
- Scoop
Reward Offer Of Up To $500,000 For Information Leading To Arrest And/or Conviction Of Most Wanted Fugitive In Costa Rica
April 30, 2025 Today, the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing a reward offer under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) of up to $500,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction, in any country, of Alejandro Arias-Monge, a/k/a 'Diablo.' Arias is the head of a violent transnational criminal organization and the most wanted fugitive in Costa Rica. Arias has multiple Costa Rican warrants for drug trafficking, robbery, aggravated homicide, and money laundering. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Arias has conspired with numerous drug traffickers and Drug Trafficking Organizations to transport multi-hundred-kilogram loads of cocaine originating from Colombia. The cocaine is then smuggled through Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala to Mexico, with the ultimate destination being the United States. Arias' organization uses social media to intimidate Costa Rican citizens by posting images of firearms, threatening messages to the public and governmental leaders, and videos of murders. In addition, the DEA and Costa Rican authorities have identified criminal cells operated by Arias in all seven provinces of Costa Rica. Today's reward offers are authorized by the Secretary under the TOCRP, which supports law enforcement efforts to disrupt transnational crime globally. If you have information, please contact the DEA at +1-956-517-7023 (text/WhatsApp/Signal) or by email at CRInfo@ If you are located outside of the United States, you can also visit the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. If you are in the United States, you can also contact the local DEA field office.
Scoop
22-04-2025
- Scoop
$5m Reward Offer For Information Leading To Arrest And/or Conviction Of Leader Of Foreign Terrorist Organization MS-13
With the designation of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) on February 20, 2025, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), the U.S. government is working towards building a safer, stronger, and more prosperous hemisphere in the Americas by providing all available means to eliminate the threats of violent crime by MS-13 throughout the Western Hemisphere. The U.S. government is offering a reward under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) of up to $5 million, which was announced in 2023, for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction in any country of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, aka 'Porky' and 'Alexander Mendoza', the leader of MS-13 in Honduras. Archaga Carías is the highest-ranking member of MS-13 in Honduras and is responsible for directing the gang's criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, kidnappings, and other violent crimes involving machine guns. He is also responsible for the gang's importation of large amounts of cocaine into the United States. Archaga Carías remains at large. Archaga Carías is one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, as well as one of the DEA's and Homeland Security Investigations' most wanted fugitives. If you have information, please contact the FBI by email at archaga-carias_tips@ or via text at +1 832-267-1688 (text/WhatsApp) for this reward. If you are located outside of the United States, you may also contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. If you are in the United States, you may also contact the local FBI, DEA, or HSI offices in your city. Today's announcement reinforces the importance of public awareness for rewards targets who are members of, or associated with, the eight cartels and transnational criminal organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations on February 20, 2025. Bringing these individuals to justice is a priority for the Trump Administration.
Miami Herald
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
US offers $5M reward for information leading to arrest, conviction of MS-13 leader
April 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the leader of foreign terrorist organization MS-13, the State Department announced Monday. The reward is seeking information "in any country" on Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, also known as "Porky" and "Alexander Mendoza," the leader of MS-13 in Honduras. "Under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program, we are offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, aka 'PORKY,' an MS-13 leader in Honduras," State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce wrote Monday in a post on X. "MS-13 is a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specifically Designated Terrorist -- they must be stopped!" The State Department's announcement accuses Archaga Carías of "conspiracy to distribute and import cocaine to the United States, continuing criminal enterprise conspiracy, possession of machine guns and conspiracy to possess machine guns during a drug trafficking crime." Archaga Carías is one of the FBI's, as well as one of the Drug Enforcement Administration's and Homeland Security Investigations,' Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. He was sanctioned in February by the Treasury Department for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, murder, extortion and money laundering. "Treasury's sanctions against MS-13 aim to interrupt its use of the financial system to launder illicit proceeds," Brian Nelson, secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement. According to the Treasury Department, Archaga Carías ordered the murder of a number of rival gang members. He also supplied drug trafficking organizations with weapons and escaped from prison in Honduras. He remains at large. The State Department calls him the highest-ranking member of MS-13 in Honduras and responsible for the gang's importation of "large amounts of cocaine" into the United States. The State Department also accuses Archaga Carías of directing MS-13's criminal activities, including murder, kidnappings and other violent crimes. Copyright 2025 UPI News Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
US offers $5M reward for information leading to arrest, conviction of MS-13 leader
April 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the leader of foreign terrorist organization MS-13, the State Department announced Monday. The reward is seeking information "in any country" on Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, also known as "Porky" and "Alexander Mendoza," the leader of MS-13 in Honduras. "Under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program, we are offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, aka 'PORKY,' an MS-13 leader in Honduras," State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce wrote Monday in a post on X. "MS-13 is a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specifically Designated Terrorist -- they must be stopped!" The State Department's announcement accuses Archaga Carías of "conspiracy to distribute and import cocaine to the United States, continuing criminal enterprise conspiracy, possession of machine guns and conspiracy to possess machine guns during a drug trafficking crime." Archaga Carías is one of the FBI's, as well as one of the Drug Enforcement Administration's and Homeland Security Investigations,' Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. He was sanctioned in February by the Treasury Department for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, murder, extortion and money laundering. "Treasury's sanctions against MS-13 aim to interrupt its use of the financial system to launder illicit proceeds," Brian Nelson, secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement. According to the Treasury Department, Archaga Carías ordered the murder of a number of rival gang members. He also supplied drug trafficking organizations with weapons and escaped from prison in Honduras. He remains at large. The State Department calls him the highest-ranking member of MS-13 in Honduras and responsible for the gang's importation of "large amounts of cocaine" into the United States. The State Department also accuses Archaga Carías of directing MS-13's criminal activities, including murder, kidnappings and other violent crimes.
