Jacques Mathieu (51 years old) of Haitian origin living in Tucker in the County of DeKalb (State of Georgia, USA), pleaded guilty this week to having attempted to smuggle a dozen firearms and approximately 36,000 ammunition to Haiti.

According to a statement from the office of the American prosecutor Byung J. Pak aka "BJay" of the Northern District of Georgia, in September 2019 Jacques Mathieu, had concealed the weapons and ammunition in a 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara car which he had attempted to ship from the Port of Palm Beach, Florida after he said on export documents that the car contained a dozen boxes of used clothing.

However, federal agents searched the vehicle and discovered the concealed weapons and ammunition, intercepting the cargo before it made its way to Haiti.

Jacques Mathieu will know his sentence on January 8, 2021.

SL/ HaitiLibre