The New Yorker has just posted Mattathias Schwartz's excellent piece in last week's magazine on the disastrous raid to arrest Jamaican druglord Christopher "Dudus" Coke. At the DEA's insistence, Jamaican authorities reluctantly raided Tivoli Gardens, the West Kingston slum Coke ran as a de facto governor, two years…
Legendary Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke will appear before the federal court in Manhattan today on drug and weapons charges, after being extradited to the US yesterday. The search for Coke in Jamaica claimed over 70 lives.
Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, the Jamaican gang leader whose Kingston neighborhood was put under siege by authorities last month, resulting in 70 deaths, was arrested on Tuesday. Jamaican police will reportedly turn him over to the U.S. for extradition. [ABC]
Over 60 people have died in gun battles between supporters of drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke and Jamaican security forces. The has US demanded Coke's extradition, but authorities still can't find him. Meanwhile, Fox News is concerned about tourism. [Telegraph]
Security forces stormed drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke's hideout in Kingston today as violence spreads, with the BBC reporting at least one solider dead and "bodies lying in the streets." The US wants him extradited on drug and weapons charges.
In a special new Sunday newspaper roundup, we discover that Jamaica has the best photo illustrations and a crime boss named "Dudus Coke." SF Chronicle's still talking about pill parties, NYT identifies a new recession carpetbagger, NYPost on Jihad Junior.
