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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Slum dwellers are seething with anger at Jamaica's security forces waging a house-to-house search for a powerful drug lord, with the ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jamaican forces claimed control of a slum in an offensive to capture an alleged drug kingpin, but fears mounted for civilians with ...

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, 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 ...

* 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 ...

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 ...