Number of View: 108KINGSTON, Jamaica – After a slum raid that left nearly 50 people dead in four days of gunbattles, the reputed drug kingpin who was the target may have fled the country, the government said Wednesday. Strongman Christopher Coke, who helped the prime minister win elected office, had months to stockpile weapons...
Number of View: 159KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s security forces clashed with masked gunmen allied with an alleged drug kingpin for a second consecutive day on Monday as an intensifying multi-front battle against gangs spread to volatile slums outside the capital. Police and soldiers came under heavy fire in barricaded battle zones in the West...