Tatiana Marset, the 22-year-old sister of Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset, was taken to Hospital San Juan de Dios in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on Thursday after complaining of illness. She was returned to Palmasola prison the same day after doctors diagnosed her with hepatitis A, ruling out the initial suspicion of pancreatitis.
Prison governor Juan Carlos Corrales said blood tests, ultrasounds, and CT scans confirmed the hepatitis A diagnosis, which does not require hospitalization. He added that Marset was stable and discharged to continue treatment at the prison’s medical facility.
Regional police commander David Gómez told local media that Marset “felt unwell” early Thursday, prompting authorities to obtain a judicial order for her transfer. She was taken by ambulance under heavy antinarcotics police escort and entered the hospital in a wheelchair, according to local television footage.
Marset has been held in preventive detention at Palmasola since early March on charges of arms trafficking and criminal association. She was arrested on March 13 in Santa Cruz during the same operation that led to her brother’s capture. Sebastián Marset was handed over to U.S. authorities that day to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.
Sebastián Marset had been a fugitive since mid-2023, when his lavish lifestyle in Santa Cruz—including founding and playing for a second-division football club—came to light. He was wanted by authorities in Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, the DEA, Europol, and Interpol, and had been on the U.S. agency’s most-wanted list since May 2025.
Separately, Gianina García Troche, Marset’s wife, has also been transferred from prison to hospitals in Paraguay for health issues.