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Former PM sorry for Manatt hiring but ‘will go to my grave’ defending resistance to Coke extradition
Jul 27th, 2022 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 4:32#JamaicaGleaner #BruceGolding #Dudus #ChristopherCoke #Politics #Extradition JULY 27, 2022: More than a decade since gangsters challenged the security forces in defence of strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called the hiring of United States lobbyists to circumvent the extradition process his “greatest regret”. At least 69 civilians and one soldier died in the May 2010 insurgency as criminals traded bullets with the police and army in support of the since-convicted West Kingston drug kingpin and gunrunner whose reach spanned dozens of communities. The extradition request signalled the wind-up of Coke’s more than 20-year reign in the capital city but was also the death knell of Golding’s political career. He was midway his five-year term in office when the affair
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