A Massacre in Jamaica
After the United States demanded the extradition of a drug lord, a bloodletting ensued.
Christopher "Dudus" Coke was Jamaica's most powerful don—police hadn't entered his neighborhood without permission since 2001. When the PM authorized his arrest, Coke converted Tivoli Gardens into a fortress: barricades of rubble and barbed wire, armed sentries. The security forces broadcast warnings. Marjorie Hinds, who sold groceries from a wooden shed, stayed.