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After 70 Deaths, Drug Suspect Remains in Jamaica
Christopher "Dudus" Coke
Associated Press
May 29, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican don sought in a major military operation is believed to still be on the island but his whereabouts remain a mystery, the country’s police chief said Friday.
Jamaican police and soldiers have killed 73 people since Sunday in an effort to capture Christopher “Dudus” Coke, a powerful leader in the Kingston slums who is sought by the United States on drug trafficking charges.
“The best intelligence we have is that Coke is still within the jurisdiction,” Jamaica Constabulary Force commissioner Owen Ellington told a news conference.
The failure to find Coke has fuelled conspiracy theories among some Jamaicans, ranging from the druglord having escaped the island to having used his political connections to find a safehouse.
Ellington also said police wanted to find Coke alive. Coke’s father and underworld predecessor, Jim Brown, died in a mysterious fire in custody in 1991, raising suspicions he was killed so as not to reveal secret information.
“We do not issue shoot-to-kill orders,” Ellington said.
“Our modus operandi is to arrest Mr Coke on the warrant and bring him before a court of justice in Jamaica” to be extradited, he added.
US prosecutors accuse Coke and his “Shower Posse” of funneling a steady supply of cocaine and marijuana into New York and other eastern US cities, causing gangland conflicts that have left thousands dead.
If extradited and convicted, Coke faces life in prison.
BJenkins
almost 3 years ago
298 Comments
bump PSD
gradyg
almost 3 years ago
1118 Comments
How about the US using it's power to get rid of gangs and Drugs here in the USA.
Perl
almost 3 years ago
1498 Comments
I wonder if they have an online application.... LOL
~Wf
BklynsFinest347
almost 3 years ago
2016 Comments
It's a war zone down there. Capture him & all his cohorts, line them all up in a ditch & execute them all by firing squad.
KAICHARESE
almost 3 years ago
2784 Comments
hope they find him soon
SuzanneNGa
almost 3 years ago
16618 Comments
Bump to what PSD said.
Anonymous
almost 3 years ago
This should stand as a reminder of why the USA needs STRONG immigration laws and border enforcement....most of the Americas (this hemisphere) are lands in which drug lords can easily rule a society....the government is not the only power in Latin American and Carribbean nations
Anonymous
almost 3 years ago
I Have no sympathy for drug dealers. No concerns about the outcome of their enterprise other than to terminate that enterprise by any means under the law. Most likely those 73 individuals have some involvement in his enterprise, and most likely they choose to die protecting their "protector".
I don't know anything about Jamaican Laws, but it seems that way for what this article mentions.
I can only hope he pays the ultimate price for all those kiled trying to protect him, instead of bringing him to US soil to be supported by taxpayer's money for the rest of his useless life.
CAZ
almost 3 years ago
1428 Comments
Jamaican police and soldiers have killed 73 people since Sunday in an effort to find Coke. I wonder if that New York bill that they are trying to pass about shooting Subjects in the arms or legs would fly down there????
CoyoteKY86
almost 3 years ago
90 Comments
Wow if they killed 73 people just to find him..it would kind of suck if they didnt ever find him.
s3sk
almost 3 years ago
3308 Comments
get um.