Rise and fall OF COKE 'DUDUS'
Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is escorted from Westchester county airport to a waiting vehicle in New York. Photograph: Louis Lanzano/AP
Christopher "Dudus" Coke followed his father's footsteps into the drug trafficking business. But, unlike Lester Lloyd Coke, he lived long enough to be extradited to the US and convicted.
Coke, 42, grew up in relative privilege and was educated alongside the children of Jamaica's political elite.
After his father died in a mysterious prison fire while awaiting extradition to the US, Coke took over his notoriously violent "Shower Posse" gang.
In 2009, the US requested Coke's extradition. The government of prime minister Bruce Golding initially resisted. In May, 2010, the government finally issued a warrant for Coke's arrest, prompting a bloody battle between his supporters and the police and army in which more than 70 people were killed. Coke escaped but was arrested on 22 June. He was handed over to the US two days later.
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