The alleged drug trafficker, who is wanted in several countries, sent a video to the media in which he thanked the Bolivian police for allegedly warning him that they were planning to arrest him.
On Saturday, the police of that country raided the home of Sebastian Marcet, who is wanted in his native Uruguay, but also in Brazil, America and Paraguay.
But 32-year-old Marset managed to escape.
The Bolivian police denied that they warned him and say they are continuing the search.
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More than 2.250 police officers are involved in tracking Marset, but so far he has managed to elude them.
Last Saturday, they tried to arrest him in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, but one of his bodyguards took the police officer hostage and allowed the fugitive to escape with his wife and children.
Since then, police have searched eight of his properties and caught several people suspected of being linked to the Uruguayan, but have not found him.
On Wednesday, the Bolivian media received a video made by the fugitive, in which he calls for the release of those arrested.
"I don't touch innocent people. None of these people who are in trouble right now have anything to do with my business and they're being let down because of this," he says after looking briefly into the camera and pointing skyward.
"Everywhere they connect people with me, and they and we have nothing to do with each other," he adds.
He then goes on to thank the "director of Felcn", the Bolivian Special Unit for the fight against drug trafficking, whom he claims helped him avoid arrest.
"I managed to escape because he warned me that the minister had issued an arrest warrant. So I took some money and he told me to run," he says.
Ismael Vilsa, director of Felcn, denied these accusations.
"I will not let the lies of drug dealers cast a shadow over my 30-year career," Vilsa said, adding that the police acted "impeccably".
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The hunt for Marcet is closely monitored by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), as well as others in South American countries where he allegedly participated in smuggling.
The 32-year-old is accused of leading an international cartel known as the PCU, that is, the First Uruguayan Cartel, which smuggles cocaine from Paraguay through Uruguay to Europe.
The Colombian president named him as a suspect in the murder of Marcelo Peci. of the Paraguayan prosecutor who was killed while on his honeymoon in Colombia.
Peci played a key role in the largest operation against cocaine trafficking and money laundering in the history of Paraguay.
The prosecution said he was killed in revenge for exposing a lucrative criminal business.
The Bolivian authorities announced that Marset entered their country after being labeled as the mastermind behind the killers of Marcelo Peći.
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