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Officials in Jamaica said Thursday that at least 71 people have died in five days of violence as government forces searched Kingston slums for an alleged drug lord. But local human rights activists ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos where reggae was born Tuesday in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by the United States, intensifying a third ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- More than 1,000 police and soldiers assaulted a public housing complex occupied by heavily armed gangsters defending an alleged drug lord wanted by the U.S., waging a major ...

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 ...