Jamaica Battle for Drug Kingpin Kills More Than 60

Source: Vancouver Sun


KINGSTON - Gun battles raging in the Jamaican capital have left more than 60 people dead, mostly civilians, hospital sources said Tuesday, as troops fanned out across the city hunting an alleged drug kingpin.


With violence turning much of Kingston into a war zone, three trucks loaded with bodies, including a baby, unloaded their grim cargo at a morgue in one of the main hospital complexes, an AFP correspondent saw.


Hundreds of troops and police have been deployed to hunt down Christopher "Dudus" Coke, wanted in the United States on drug-trafficking charges, amid a week-long standoff with his loyal supporters.


The clashes appeared to be spreading after security forces Monday stormed the western seafront slum of Tivoli Gardens in their bid to capture Coke, whose extradition order was signed by the government a week ago.

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Wow. Pretty impressive support for Dudus. This is like an insurrection. And it's spreading?

Not to mention inequality, corruption, and a government so weak it basically cedes control over slums to the best gangster. At least Dudus delivered the goods to the people, which is why he can engender such support.