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Christopher Michael Coke, also known as Dudus [2] (born 13 March 1969), [1] is a convicted Jamaican drug lord and the leader of the Shower Posse, a violent drug gang started by his father Lester Coke in Jamaica, which exported "large quantities" [3] of marijuana and cocaine into the United States.
The latest discovery (of 7 guns) had been made among debris in garbage trucks leaving the Tivoli Gardens community. [ 52 ] In explaining the difficulties faced in recovering illegal weapons in the area, Commissioner Ellington noted that many of the thugs who were shooting at members of the security forces were themselves hit from distances of ...
This is a list of newspapers in Jamaica: Daily Star [1] The Daily Gleaner, the oldest Jamaican daily published by Gleaner Company, founded in 1834, oldest continually published, English language newspaper in the Western Hemisphere [2] The Agriculturalist, the oldest and most consistent agricultural newspaper in the Caribbean for 28 years ...
The Jamaica Observer is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication was owned by Butch Stewart (now deceased), who chartered the paper in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, The Gleaner. Its founding editor is Desmond Allen who is its executive editor – operations. [1]
She is a member of the Jamaica Labour Party. She was a Senator in 1984–1989 and was Deputy President of the Senate She was a Senator in 1984–1989 and was Deputy President of the Senate Senator Lightbourne has come under many criticisms in light of her handling of the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips / Christopher 'Dudus' Coke extradition scandal.
From 2010 to 2011, she worked as a broadcast journalist at CVM TV in Jamaica, where she became known for the infamous "duppy story" about a Spanish Town boy seemingly haunted by a ghost, as well as her coverage of the Jamaican security forces incursion into Tivoli Gardens in search of reputed drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke.
Blake and other gang members were charged in a multiple killing in Miami, but he escaped apprehension by travelling to Jamaica. After later charges were added, he was extradited to the United States in 1999. In 2000, he pleaded guilty to charges including racketeering and conspiracy, and admitted to his role in the gang.
Lester Lloyd Coke, commonly known as Jim Brown, [2] was a Jamaican drug lord and the founder of the Shower Posse, a gang based out of the Tivoli Gardens [3] garrison community in West Kingston.