KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos where reggae was born Tuesday in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by the United States, intensifying a third ...

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 ...

* Ombudsman raises death toll from assault on slum * Washington supports prime minister, government * Gunfire still heard, drug lord remains on the run (Adds report from Amnesty International) By ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The conflict began after Prime Minister Bruce Golding reversed his ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - In a gritty slum, they are preparing for war. They are building barricades of junked cars and sandbags, making Molotov cocktails and pitching barbed wire over power lines. They are ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- After a slum raid that left nearly 50 people dead in four days of gunbattles, the reputed drug kingpin who was the target may have fled the country, the government said Wednesday.

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Conroy Tulloch grills chicken on a makeshift barbecue fashioned from an old, steel oil drum from 8 in the morning until 11 at night on a street corner in a Jamaican slum and ...

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 ...

Thousands of security forces continue to come to the western slums of Jamaica's capital in search of an accused drug lord wanted by the United States. Jamaica's prime minister reluctantly agreed to ...