Canadian Sacha Lemaire Lepage facing Narcotics, Firearms & Wildlife Abuse Charges In Colombia

Colombia’s attorney general’s office announced Friday that it has legalized the capture of Canadian citizen Sacha Lemaire Lepage for drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms. The Prosecutor’s office was caught “in flagrante delicto” (red-handed) on a rural property in El Peñol, Antioquia near the Guatapé tourist and vacation area.

Prosecutors elaborated that Lepage invited foreigners and Colombians to the property to for sex, drugs, and gunplay. Colombian magazine La Semana reported that Lemaire already had legal trouble in Colombia, accused of property damage in 2022, illicit appropriation of natural resources (2023), threats (2023), and now with these charges, firearms and drug trafficking. News daily El Tiempo reports that Lepage marketed his parties in Canada saying tourists could “be a narco for a day,” charging $5,000 for the experience, complete with women and wild animals.

In addition to Lepage, four of the ten people present in the house during the police raid had criminal records, according to the police.

#Antioquia/ CAPTURADO ” SASHA O EL GRINGO ” EXTRANJERO CANADIENSE POR MÚLTIPLES DELITOS.

en la ultimas horas la captura en flagrancia de un ciudadano de nacionalidad canadiense en el municipio de El Peñol, conocido bajo los alias de “SASHA” o “EL GRINGO”, por los delitos de… pic.twitter.com/e0KsE4khL8

— Denuncias Antioquia (@DenunciasAntio2) April 18, 2024

With regards to the wild animals, Colombian regional natural resources agency Cornare has urged prosecution of Lepage for trafficking in Colombian wildlife, a serious crime. In a statement issued by Cornare (translated here):

The evidence obtained confirms that the presumed offender is Mr. Sacha Lepage Lemaire, identified with foreigner cédula (national ID) 9 705 528, residing in Medellín, the (apartment complex) Plaza Oviedo without more data, and in total had 4 animals captive, including a cougar cub (puma concolor), two cariblanco monkeys (cebus sp.) and a blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).

In the operation (where Lepage was arrested) none of the wild specimens from the operation is the same that was registered in the images and videos.

We cannot count on information regarding the destination or where the macaw or monkey seen in the videos are being kept.

It is important to initiate legal environmental proceedings against Mr. Sacha Lepage Lemaire, identified with foreigner cédula 9 705 528 for the illegal possession of wild animals as evidenced in the attached photos and videos in this report, and for the mistreatment of the cited animals. Also to link the process against Mrs. Estefania Restrepo Metrio, identified with citizen’s cédula 1 037 639 660 for her participation in this activity that gravely affects Colombian wildlife.

Estefania Restrepo Metrio is a Colombian DJ who goes by the monicker Metrioz WithZ on Facebook and Instagram. Restrepo had posted photos of herself playing with the baby cougar, at Lepage’s residence, but has since removed the posts.