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 – Security forces fought their way into the warren-like complex that is the slum stronghold of a Jamaican gang leader facing extradition to the United States and sporadic gunfire c ...

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 ...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica – KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican authorities say they have imposed a temporary curfew in troubled slums of the capital as security forces continue to hunt for a reputed drug lord ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Thousands of heavily armed police and soldiers barged past barricades into the capital’s most violent slums today, clashing with die-hard defenders of a gang leader sought by the ...

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 ...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica's security forces clashed with masked gunmen allied with an alleged drug kingpin for a second day Monday as an intensifying multi-front battle against gangs spread to ...

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 offensive in the heart of ...