Jean Eliobert Jasme, International Narcotics Conspiracy, Wisconsin 2021

Richard G. Frohling, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced the indictment of Jean Eliobert Jasme, a 60-year-old Haitian national, for his involvement in an international narcotics conspiracy. The charges against Jasme include one count of international drug trafficking, one substantive count of international drug trafficking, and one count of carrying a firearm during and in relation to drug trafficking.

According to the indictment, Jasme conspired with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe the cocaine would be unlawfully imported into the United States. This alleged activity took place from approximately February 2019 through September 28, 2021.

On Sept. 28, 2021, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned an indictment against Jasme. On the same day, Jasme was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Dries in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was ordered to be detained pending trial.

The DEA Port-au-Prince Country Office and the DEA Milwaukee Field Office investigated this case, with significant assistance from the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs and the Haitian National Government, including the Haitian Ministry of Justice, the Haitian National Police and La Brigade de Lutte contre le Trafic de Stupéfiants (BLTS).

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert J. Brady, Jr. and Gail J. Hoffman of the Eastern District of Wisconsin are prosecuting the case.

Jasme, if found guilty, faces serious consequences. He is presumed innocent until proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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