Jamaica US Warns Against Travel To Kingston As Battles Rage Over Chris Dudus Coke Extradition

Jamaica US Warns Against Travel To Kingston As Battles Rage Over Chris Dudus Coke Extradition The US has told its citizens not to travel to Jamaica’s capital after deadly gunfights between authorities and drug gangs turned part of the city into a warzone. At least two police officers and a soldier have been killed in Kingston, as security forces hunt a suspected drug lord who Washington is trying to extradite. Christopher “Dudus” Coke, 42, is wanted for alleged arms and drug trafficking in America. Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Manning has agreed to send him to the US, but the alleged criminal’s supporters are trying to prevent the extradition. They have stockpiled arms, attacked police and set up barricades around the city’s impoverished Tivoli Gardens neighbourhood. There is speculation Coke is hiding in the area or he may have left the island and gone to a country that does not have an extradition agreement with Jamaica. Mr Manning has declared a state of emergency, as violence continued for a third day in Kingston. Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is wanted by the United States There were unconfirmed reports of several civilian deaths and radio stations broadcast desperate pleas from people pinned inside buildings by the gunfire. “Somebody please come help me, somebody please come help me,” one woman begged. Police have advised people to remain indoors in Kingston, where power was cut off, describing the threat level as “grave”. Deputy police commissioner Glenmore Hinds said …
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