Sebastián Marset's defense would be negotiating with the United States Attorney's Office a possible plea agreement to avoid a federal trial and an eventual sentence of up to 20 years in prison for money laundering.

The hearing scheduled for May 20 in Virginia was postponed until July 1 to allow the defendant's lawyers to review the evidence and analyze the proposal presented by the US authorities.

According to court documents released by Uruguayan and Paraguayan media, the Prosecutor's Office gathered around 22 GB of digital and documentary evidence against Marset.

According to ABC Paraguay, the evidence includes electronic communications in Spanish and Portuguese, international financial records and material extracted from electronic devices seized during his capture in Bolivia.

The case is being heard in federal court in the state of Virginia, where Marset faces charges of conspiracy to launder money through the US financial system. In addition to an eventual prison sentence, the process includes million-dollar fines and years of supervised freedom.

The postponement of the hearing was requested jointly by the defense and the Prosecutor's Office, in the midst of negotiations that could lead to a “sentence pact,” a judicial mechanism through which the accused agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence or avoiding a broader trial.

Marset, considered one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the Southern Cone, was captured in March 2026 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and later extradited to the United States.

Investigations link him to international drug trafficking and money laundering operations in South America and Europe.