The Minister of Government, Roberto Ríos, confirmed on Tuesday that Sérgio Luiz de Freitas Filho, leader number 1 of the first capital command (PCC), accessed Bolivian nationality in 2014 After marrying a Bolivian citizen, but using a false birth certificate under the name of Sergio Moroña.
Ríos explained that the Brazilian drug trafficker would have illegally entered the country And, with adulterated documents, he obtained his identity card and driver’s license. “This person, in addition to entering an illegal step, has presented false documentation to obtain legal roles in Bolivia, and all these elements are being investigated,” said the authority.
Marriage and adulterated documents
According to the official report, the PCC bound married in 2011 in Bolivia, a fact that allowed him to initiate the naturalization process. Three years later, he presented a birth certificate to the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) that It was not observed because it coincided with the birth book. For this reason they issued an identity card and a driver’s license.
“The certificate coincided with the TSE records and had no observations. However, in the Segip database there is no record of this person, ”Ríos explained, noting that in obtaining these documents officials from different public instances would have participated.
According to the Minister, the TSE and the General Personal Identification Service (Segip) The Brazilian documents were validated that used Sergio Moroña’s false identity.
“All these elements, surely They will be investigated under the functional direction of the Public Ministry In coordination with the Bolivian Police as an operational arm, considering that the participation of people from different instances that have been participating in being able to obtain this documentation, “Ríos explained.
The minister revealed that Interpol’s red notification against Freitas It was suspended in July this year And only on August 8 Brazil officially notified Interpol Bolivia about his search.
Until now, the Bolivian Police executed three raids in linked real estate to the drug trafficker, without positive results. Ríos said that the operations will continue to find their whereabouts in case it still remains in the country.
“There are no cartels in Bolivia”
In parallel, the Government holder rejected that organizations such as the PCC have a presence consolidated in Bolivia. According to Ríos, what exists are family clans dedicated to drug trafficking and foreign emissaries trying to recruit people in the country.
“Various reports of the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking and the 2025 report of the United Nations Office against Drug and Crime (UNODC) They ratify that there is no cartel presence In Bolivia, ”he emphasized.
The minister also highlighted the results of the binational work with Brazil: More than 386 clandestine tracks destroyed, 238 aircraft kidnapped, 5,047 factories and 388 dismantled drug laboratories during the current management.
