The criminal organization, led by Uruguayan fugitive Sebastián Marset, sold drugs and laundered assets through this kind of money, said the spokesman for the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad), Francisco Ayala, who was quoted by the newspaper Ultima Hora.

The drug trafficking network used the cryptocurrency operations in investments and other financial activities, the official explained.

New details about these actions came to light on Saturday, after the capture of local drug trafficker Rodrigo Montalva, considered the logistical operator of Miguel Angel Insfran (aka Tio Rico), one of the 50 people charged by A Ultranza Py, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, based on European and regional sources.

The Paraguayan criminal was arrested as he was trying to cross from Paraguayan to the Brazilian territory of Foz de Yguazu with false documents, and the evidence seized in the arrest reinforces the existence of the aforementioned operations with cryptocurrencies by the criminal network.

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