2010 Kingston unrest

2010 Kingston conflict

Date	23 May – 23 June 2010 (1 month)
Location	Kingston, Jamaica
Result	700+ people arrested Christopher Coke arrested 2 police stations burnt down 85+ guns and over 14,000 rounds of ammunition recovered hand grenades, dynamite, ballistic helmets, and protective vests also recovered

Belligerents

Jamaica:

United States:

Department of Homeland Security

Shower Posse drug cartel

Commanders and leaders

Strength

1000+ soldiers comprising elements of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions
300+ police officers
DHS P-3 Orion

500+ gunmen (est.)

Casualties and losses

JDF:
1 killed
30 injured
JCF:
3 killed
28 injured

50+ killed (estimate)
Several dozen injured

73+ civilians killed (including the estimates for the gunmen and policemen killed)
35+ civilians injured

Jamaica:

United States:

The 2010 Kingston unrest, dubbed locally as the Tivoli Incursion, was an armed conflict between the Shower Posse drug cartel and Jamaica's military and police forces in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. The conflict began on the 23 May 2010 as security forces began searching for major drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, after the United States requested his extradition, and the leader of the criminal gang that attacked several police stations. The violence, which largely took place over 24–25 May, killed at least 73 civilians and wounded at least 35 others. Four soldiers/police were also killed and more than 500 arrests were made, as Jamaican police and soldiers fought gunmen in the Tivoli Gardens district of Kingston.

Much of the unrest happened in the constituency belonging to the then Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, who said he was "taken aback" by its scale. Golding has been described by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a "known criminal affiliate" of Coke, which Golding refuted as "extremely offensive". Although the U.S. government considered Golding one of Coke's associates, it said it supported the Jamaican government's attempt to capture Coke.

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