Coke allegedly leads one of Jamaica's gangs, which control politicized slums known as "garrisons." Political parties created the gangs in the 1970s to rustle up votes. The gangs have since turned to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Mikeisha Simpson covers her body in greasy white cream and bundles up in a track suit to avoid the fierce sun of her native Jamaica, but she's not worried about skin cancer. The 23 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Masked men torched a police station and traded gunfire with security forces in a patchwork of barricaded slums in Jamaica's capital Sunday, prompting the government to declare a ...

KINGSTON, May 27 (Reuters) - At least 73 people died in a crackdown this week by Jamaican security forces on armed supporters of an alleged drug lord wanted for extradition to the United States, ...