Tatiana Marset Alba walked out of a cell at Santa Cruz's Palmasola prison and, within days, turned up crowned queen of one of the oldest groups in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Carnival. That's how fast the turnaround happened: the all-female "comparsa" — best explained in English as a social club, carnival krewe, or dance troupe that parades together during festivals — Las Tremendas named her its new sovereign for the 2027 edition of the festival — sister, as she is, of the accused Uruguayan drug-trafficker, Sebastian Marset, behind the so-called Primer Cartel Uruguayo. The announcement first circulated in a homemade video filmed with the group's members, which Bolivian outlets picked up this week.
