Lourival da Fonseca is considered the “third owner” of the Brazilian narcotics market. He is believed to be the kingpin behind the massive shipments of cocaine camouflaged in loads of wood.
The Bolivian police activated their search after the seizure of a cache of 8.7 tons of liquid cocaine impregnated in a shipment of wood that was going to the Netherlands. Due to the amount of drugs seized, this was the most important operation in the history of the fight against drug trafficking in Bolivia.