KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica will launch a sustained assault on gangs that control poor communities across the island and fuel one of the world’s highest murder rates, the prime minister said yesterday.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says last week’s bloody raid on the West Kingston stronghold of reputed drug lord Christopher “Dudus” Coke will mark a turning point in the government’s approach to criminal networks, many of which have benefited from ties to the two major political parties for decades.
“Gunmen who no longer flee when the security forces approach but engage them with vicious firepower must be confronted with the full force of the law. The time for equivocation is over,” Golding said. (AP)
