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The death toll in clashes in the Jamaican capital climbed past 50 on Wednesday as the government struggled to regain shaky control of slums where a reputed drug lord is headquartered.
Christopher “Dudus” Coke, a local hero in some parts of the Caribbean island but wanted for extradition by the U.S., remained a fugitive and may have escaped the offensive launched to capture him.
On a fourth day of smoldering urban violence, Kingston continued under a state of emergency. More than 500 people have been arrested, the government’s Jamaica Information Service said Wednesday.
Denver Post wire services
