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Dudus was talking to US before Tivoli raid
Former don’s lawyers were trying to arrange surrender
BY PAUL HENRY Co-ordinator — Crime/Court Desk [email protected]
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
ATTORNEYS for former Tivoli Gardens don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke had been negotiating his surrender to the US Embassy in Kingston before the deadly 2010 Tivoli Gardens operation to flush him out, a highly placed source confirmed to the Jamaica Observer last night.
“The negotiation was taking place some three months before the incursion,” said the source, who requested anonymity.
DEA agents escort Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke on his arrival in New York on June 24, 2010. (Photo: AP)
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The source confirmed information in an unclassified US Department of State e-mail about the issue circulated by US journalist Mattathias Schwartz yesterday.
The e-mail communication was between a Cameron Holland and Isiah Parnell, the then chargé d’affairs at the US Embassy in Kingston, on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The e-mail, sent at 7:00 pm with the subject line “Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke”, was also copied to other persons.
The communication came two days after Coke fled Tivoli Gardens after police and soldiers entered the community on May 24 to arrest him but faced fierce resistance from gunmen determined to prevent his arrest. The security forces eventually took control of the community and returned the capital city to normalcy on May 26, but the hunt for Coke was on in earnest.
“As you are probably aware, today Coke’s counsel spoke with the DOJ [Department of Justice] prosecutor on the case and proposed Coke’s surrender directly to US authorities,” said Holland’s e-mail to Parnell. “This would mean that Jamaica would not/not arrest Coke, and no extradition proceedings would commence. Instead, his surrender would be entirely outside the framework of the treaty.”
Parnell responded 14 minutes later to the e-mail: “Cameron, thanks for your continuing help on this difficult matter. I’ll touch base with the attorney later tonight to see how his talks with his client are progressing.”
What appeared to be significant portions of both e-mails were blocked out.
Last night, members of Coke’s legal team were unavailable for comment. But our source revealed knowledge of talks between them and the US authorities before the Tivoli operation.
At the time he was on the run, Coke, a strong supporter of the then ruling Jamaica Labour Party, had been wanted in the US on drug and gunrunning charges.
During that time, it was rumoured that Coke wanted to surrender to the US authorities, instead of local police, for fear of being killed in jail like his father Lester Lloyd Coke (also known as Jim Brown) in the early 1990s while awaiting extradition to the US.
Coke was held in late June 2010 on the Mandela Highway in St Catherine in a car being driven by Rev Al Miller. Miller had said that he was taking Coke to the US Embassy in Liguanea where he was to surrender himself.
Miller has since been charged with harbouring a fugitive. Last month, the clergyman appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court where his attorney made an application for disclosure of certain records relating to meetings and conversations with Police Commissioner Owen Ellington, and his deputies, regarding the matter.
His legal team also wants the release of the 119 recording relating to Coke’s capture. Resident Magistrate Lorna Shelly-Williams is to make a ruling on the application later this month.
Coke, who waived his right to an extradition hearing and was flown to the US on June 24, 2010, is serving a 23-year sentence in a federal prison after pleading guilty to racketeering.
IMMIGRATION BILL WILL BOOST ECONOMY
The Social Security Administration estimated Wednesday that a Senate bill to overhaul immigration laws and legalize 11 million unauthorized immigrants would boost the retirement program’s trust fund and help the economy.
In a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the members of the Senate “Gang of Eight” that is pushing for the overhaul, Social Security Chief Actuary Stephen Goss estimated the bill would add 3.2 million jobs, increase the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 1.63% and bolster the Social Security trust fund over the next 10 years.
Goss stated that many are working in an “underground economy” and don’t pay taxes, so adding them to the tax rolls will bolster the nation’s coffers. And if the security provisions of the bill reduce illegal immigration in the future by half a million people per year, Goss predicted a net positive for the country’s retirement program.
“We estimate a significant increase in both the population and the number of workers paying taxes in the United States as as result of these changes in legal immigration limits,” Goss wrote. “Overall, we anticipate that the net effect of this bill on the long-range (Social Security trust fund) actuarial balance will be positive.”
However, those who oppose legalization of unauthorized immigrants, such as the Heritage Foundation, say allowing 11 million people who are largely low-skilled to access U.S. taxpayer-funded social benefits will cost more than it generates. A recent Heritage study predicted the bill would cost the country $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years.
The proposal from the Gang of Eight expands immigrant visa programs to attract more highly-skilled foreigners trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics but also creates a new class of visas for lower-skilled immigrants to work in retail, hospitality, janitorial and construction work.
WTF AFRICA- GOBLIN DEMANDS TO BE DROPPED OFF
THERE was a stampede inside a city centre bound kombi after a “goblin” suspected to have been left by its owner asked to drop off.
The incident occurred in Nketa suburb on Monday in a commuter omnibus reportedly coming from Emganwini.
It is said that drama started when the kombi got to Runganga Shopping Centre
A source who was a passenger in the vehicle said all they could hear was “Ngicela ukuyesha diengisele ngicela ukuyesha”.
The next thing they saw was a horn-like thing bouncing under the back seat where the sounds were emanating from. In a flash the driver with-out being told reportedly stopped the car and jumped outside.
His conductor followed suit and so did the rest of the passengers who are said to have struggled to get out of the vehicle which had been left idling by the driver.
In the midst of all the drama one of the passengers could not contain his fright and tried to kick out one of the panels but was stopped in his tracks by other passengers.
The frightened kombi crew and the passengers are said to have maintained a “safe” distance from the vehicle and so were the people who had rushed to the scene.
The suspected goblin is said to have bounced from the back seat to the door where it disappeared upon hitting the ground.
“We were all shocked when we heard the sounds and I would admit that I almost soiled myself, it was just frightening.
“What made the situation more frightening is that the horn was bouncing and its disappearance is just something else,” said Daisy who was among the passengers.
The passengers refused to board the kombi after the goblin vanished and opted for other transport.
On the other hand the kombi crew reportedly drove off after the conductor had pleaded with the driver that they had no choice but to continue working as their livelihood depended on the vehicle.
Another witness suspected that the goblin might have been abandoned by its owner.
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