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Kingston - Seventy-three people died this week as Jamaican security forces stormed a Kingston slum and battled armed supporters of an alleged drug lord wanted for extradition to the United States, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica In a gritty slum, they are preparing for war. They are building barricades of junked cars and sandbags, making Molotov cocktails and pitching barbed wire over power ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The conflict began after Prime Minister Bruce Golding reversed his ...

Police, soldiers storm slum in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by U.S. KINGSTON, Jamaica — Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos where reggae was born Tuesday in search ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - In a gritty slum, they are preparing for war. They are building barricades of junked cars and sandbags, making Molotov cocktails and pitching barbed wire over power lines. They are ...