Jamaica, the capital on fire to defend the drug boss
Posted on May 24, 2010 by disney
KINGSTON – Chaos in Kingston, capital of Jamaica. The authorities declared a state of emergency in two districts after the outbreak of violent clashes between police and people of Christopher “Dudus” Coke, a drug lord that agents want to arrest and extradite to the USA. Women and children were evacuated from areas where the insurgency is underway.
Two injured – The clashes started with an attack on three police stations. One was burned after the police, short of ammunition, were forced to abandon it. An agent and a civilian were wounded with shots of a firearm. The members of the gang of drug dealers have erected barricades and massed weapons in the streets to protest the extradition of Coke (Cola-Cola), accused of being the leader of the most important band dedicated to drug trafficking, the “Shower Posse”, which ramifications of the U.S. – where impersonating marijuana and crack – and is responsible for hundreds of murders during the wars of cocaine in the 80s. Prime Minister Bruce Golding has chaired a meeting of government and then decreed a state of emergency one month in nearby Kingston and Saint Andrew. The gang of drug trafficking – said – will receive a firm response from the authorities. “The crime will not be allowed to triumph. The threats against the security of our people will be repressed in a strong and decided, “Golding has promised in a message to the nation.
BARRICATA ROADS – The government has asked Coke to surrender to face the extradition request in U.S. for cocaine trafficking and allegations concerning the use of weapons. The roads in poor areas of Tivoli Gardens in West Kingston, where you think the boss is hiding, were barricades in defiance of the police. The U.S. State Department has advised against travel in the metropolitan area of Kingston, the risk of violence.
IMF Loan – Tension is rising in the country after last week’s prime minister has announced plans to extradite Coke. Relations between the U.S. and Jamaica have cooled in 2009 when Kingston has ignored the extradition request of the boss, a supporter of the Labour party in government and very influential in small metropolitan electorate Golding represents. The country has now decided to accept the extradition request, provided access to a loan of 1.27 billion dollars by the IMF, approved in February.
