JUAN GONZALEZ: Peb mus tam sim no mus rau Jamaica, qhov twg cov neeg tuag tseem nce ntxiv hauv kev tshawb nrhiav tus tswv tshuaj yeeb tshuaj Christopher "Dudus" Coke, xav tau los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. Tub ceev xwm Jamaican tau lees paub rau hnub Thursday tias xya caum-peb tus neeg, feem coob ntawm cov pej xeem, tau raug tua nyob rau hauv kev sib tsoo ntawm cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg thiab Coke cov tub rog txhawb nqa. Cov pab pawg muaj cai tab tom nug cov lus nug txog kev tua neeg tsis raug cai los ntawm kev ruaj ntseg hauv Tivoli Gardens cheeb tsam ntawm Jamaican lub nroog Kingston. Amnesty International tau thov kom muaj kev tshawb xyuas meej.
Meanwhile, Coke nws tus kheej tseem eluding ntes. Cov kws lij choj Asmeskas piav qhia nws tias yog tus thawj coj ntawm Shower Posse pawg neeg tua neeg ntau pua tus neeg thaum muaj kev tsov rog yeeb dawb ntawm xyoo 1980s. Jamaica tus qub thawj coj saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws tsis ntev los no tau piav qhia Coke yog tus txiv neej muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws. Tom qab ntau lub hlis ntawm kev tawm tsam Asmeskas kom xa cov Coke, Jamaican Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Bruce Golding tau thim nws txoj haujlwm thiab tshaj tawm lub xeev xwm txheej kub ntxhov rau hnub Sunday, cog lus tias yuav ntes nws.
AMY GOODMAN: Coke yav dhau los tau txhawb nqa kev xaiv tsa rau Golding tog, thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm txawm ntiav ib lub chaw tos txais hauv Washington-Manatt, Phelps & Phillips-kom sim ua kom US cov tub ceev xwm tso tseg qhov kev thov xa rov qab.
Zoo, ntau ntxiv, peb tau koom nrog tam sim no los ntawm ob tus qhua.
Benjamin Bowling yog tus xibfwb ntawm kev ua txhaum cai thiab kev ncaj ncees ntawm King's College, London, thiab tus sau phau ntawv tom ntej Policing the Caribbean: Transnational Security Cooperation in Practice. Nws qhov tshiab kawg hauv tus saib xyuas yog hu ua "Jamaica Bleeds for Our War on Drugs," qhov uas nws sau, hais, "kev chaos hauv Kingston yog cov tsos mob ntawm qhov tsis ua tiav ntawm US-cocaine txwv."
Thiab ntawm txoj kab ntawm Kingston, Jamaica, peb tau koom nrog Carolyn Gomes. Nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg Jamaicans rau Kev Ncaj Ncees.
Peb tos txais koj ob leeg Kev ywj pheej tam sim no! Cia peb pib hauv Jamaica nrog Carolyn Gomes. Qhia rau peb tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim ntawm txoj kev tam sim no thiab qhov koj xav tias yuav tsum tshwm sim.
CAROLYN GOOMES: Nws zoo nkaus li nyob ntsiag to. Muaj tseeb yog qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm tub ceev xwm thiab tub ceev xwm chaw nres tsheb, kev tawm tsam - kev tawm tsam dav dav thoob plaws cov kob, Spanish Town, uas zoo li tau kho, ua kom zoo. Dab tsi yuav tsum tshwm sim yog tias peb yuav tsum tau ntse hauv qhov "kev ua tsov ua rog" uas—quote-unquote, uas peb sib ntaus sib tua. Peb yuav tsum tau tso tseg thiab qhia tias kev tsim txom ntawm pej xeem txoj cai, uas ua rau peb cov kev ua haujlwm ntawm peb cov tub rog ruaj ntseg nyob rau ntau, ntau xyoo, tsis tshwm sim, thiab yog tias muaj - tias peb muaj kev ywj pheej saib xyuas kev ua haujlwm raws li lawv tau tshwm sim. tam sim no. Thiab peb xav tau kev ntsuam xyuas meej, meej txog qhov tau tshwm sim nyob rau ob peb hnub dhau los.
JUAN GONZALEZ: Tam sim no, muaj keeb kwm hauv Jamaica los ntawm kev ruaj ntseg ntawm kev tua cov neeg pej xeem uas tsis raug suav nrog?
CAROLYN GOOMES: kiag li. Peb tau tshaj tawm txog nws rau Inter-American Commission. Muaj ntau cov lus ceeb toom. Ntau xyoo dhau los, tub ceev xwm, peb tub ceev xwm-tus tub ceev xwm tua neeg tuag yog ib qho ntawm ntau tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Xyoo tas los, peb cov tub ceev xwm tua 246 cov neeg pej xeem. Thiab tsis muaj - hauv kaum xyoo dhau los, muaj ib qho kev foob ntawm tub ceev xwm rau kev siv dag zog yuam kev. Nws yog qhov teeb meem tiag tiag uas peb muaj tag nrho thiab tag nrho kev tsis txaus siab rau kev tsim txom ntawm txoj cai hauv Jamaica.
AMY GOODMAN: Xib fwb Bowling, koj tab tom hais tias qhov no yog qhov ua tsis tiav ntawm kev ua tsov rog ntawm tshuaj. Koj puas tuaj yeem piav qhia qhov koj pom tau tshwm sim tam sim no hauv Jamaica? Koj muaj tus thawj tswj hwm kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws, Dr. Peter Phillips, hais tias Tivoli Gardens—uas Christopher "Dudus" Coke tuaj yeem muaj zog dua li Jamaican Labor Party nws tus kheej.
BENJAMIN BOWLING: Zoo, kuv xav tias, nyob rau hauv cov ntsiab lus dav dav, kev txwv tsis pub siv tshuaj tau coj mus rau kev tsim kev lag luam zais cia, uas yog hom ncaj qha thiab pom tseeb, tiag tiag, tias yog kev ua tsov rog ntawm cov tshuaj, hauv nws txoj kev nrhiav dab tsi. pom los ntawm ntau tus neeg raws li hom kev phem, ua tsis tiav, koj paub, tiv thaiv cov neeg cog qoob loo thiab cov neeg xa khoom thiab cov neeg tau txais kev pab hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thiab Western Europe los ntawm kev siv yeeb dawb, ces tib txoj kev uas tib neeg tuaj yeem tuav tau. yog nyob rau ntawm kev ua lag luam clandestine. Yog li kev txwv tsis pub tsim kev lag luam clandestine, uas tom qab ntawd yuav tsum muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua kom thiaj li muaj kev khiav mus los. Teb Chaws Asmeskas yog - qhov ntws ntawm rab phom mus rau sab qab teb los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas los ntawm Gulf xeev thiab Puerto Rico yog qhov phem heev. Cov neeg Jamaican tau yws rau ntau, ntau xyoo uas sab qaum teb-qhov kev nyuaj siab los tiv thaiv kev mus rau sab qaum teb ntawm cov tshuaj tsis tau sib haum, rau txhua qhov, los ntawm Asmeskas sim tiv thaiv cov phom mus rau sab qab teb. Tom qab ntawd txuas nrog lub sijhawm ntev, kev ua tsis ncaj ncees ntawm kev nom kev tswv thiab kev sib txuas ntawm cov neeg hu ua "garrison cov zej zog," koom nrog pawg neeg ua phem, cov dons, txoj cai los ntawm cov qauv kev nom kev tswv. Yog li cov yeeb yaj kiab tau tsim ib lub hauv paus loj heev rau cov neeg uas nkag siab lawv tus kheej thiab pom lawv tus kheej thiab nthuav tawm lawv tus kheej ua cov lag luam. Thiab qhov teeb meem kev ua phem tam sim no nce mus txog rau lub plawv tseem ceeb ntawm tsoomfwv. Thiab thaum nws raug hem, thaum qhov kev ntshai ntawm lub xeev ntawm dons thiab posses raug hem, lawv tau teb meej meej nrog kev ua phem ua tub rog.
JUAN GONZALEZ: Tam sim no, koj ua dab tsi ntawm qhov tseeb tias tsoomfwv Jamaican, tom qab tawm tsam kev xa tawm, tom qab ntawd puas qhov kev tawm tsam loj thiab qee yam tseem tsis tau ntes cov khoom ntawm lawv qhov kev tshawb nrhiav, Christopher Coke?
BENJAMIN BOWLING: Yog, kuv txhais tau tias, nws yog qhov txawv tshaj plaw. Nws yog tragic. Thiab, koj paub, kuv lub siab tawm mus rau tsev neeg ntawm cov neeg uas tau ploj cov neeg hlub thiab cov neeg raug mob ntawm qhov no, koj paub, hauv kuv qhov kev xav, kev dag ntxias tag nrho, thiab meej meej tsis yog qhov tsis tsim txiaj, tab sis tawm tsam. , nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus ntawm kev poob ntawm lub neej. Thiab, kuv txhais tau tias, kuv xav tias thawj qhov yog, koj paub, raws li Carolyn hais, txoj hauv kev uas tub ceev xwm tau ua lawv tus kheej nyob rau xyoo tas los no - ntau xyoo, hais txog kev txiav txim siab tsis ncaj ncees, hais txog kev ua nom ua tswv tsis ncaj ncees nyob rau hauv tub ceev xwm thiab thoob plaws hauv tsoomfwv, nws tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob tias tsoomfwv yuav tsum tau sim zais lawv qhov kev ua txhaum cai thiab kev tos txais los tiv thaiv cov neeg uas ntau hauv zej zog, ntau hauv pawg nom tswv, pom lawv tus kheej.
Vim li cas qhov tseeb ntawm lub sijhawm no tsoomfwv tau xaiv los hloov ib hom kev tawm tsam ntawm kev xa Coke rau hauv qhov kev tawm tsam yuav tsum tau tshawb xyuas los ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav, uas kuv xav tias yuav tsum muaj tiag tiag. Nws tsis yog li cas tub ceev xwm tau coj lawv tus kheej ntawm txoj kev uas yuav tsum tau tshawb xyuas. Tam sim no qhov xav tau yog kev tshawb xyuas kom meej, kev tshawb xyuas pej xeem, kev noj nyiaj txiag hauv tub ceev xwm kev pabcuam, hauv tsoomfwv, kev sib txuas nrog kev ua txhaum cai ntawm kev txiav txim plaub ntug, thiab yuav ua li cas tag nrho cov kev sib txuas ua ke, vim tias txhawm rau teb rau nws, Yuav kom Jamaica mus rau pem hauv ntej, yuav tsum muaj ib yam dab tsi, hauv kuv txoj kev xav, ze rau qhov tseeb thiab kev sib haum xeeb thiab kev tshem riam phom ntawm cov neeg ntawm txoj kev uas nkag siab lawv tus kheej, nyob rau hauv pawg neeg ua phem ua phem, nyob rau hauv pawg neeg taug kev, xws li cov tub rog. Thiab qhov ntawd yog - koj paub, peb yuav tsum tham txog kev tshem riam phom. Peb yuav tsum tham txog demobilization ntawm cov neeg uas pom lawv tus kheej ua tub rog. Thiab cov lus teb zoo dua thiab zoo dua, tsis yog tsov rog. Txoj kev ntawd tsis ua haujlwm.
AMY GOODMAN: Benjamin Bowling, peb yuav tsum tau tawm ntawm nws. Carolyn Gomes, ib yam nkaus, ua tsaug ntau, los ntawm Jamaicans rau Kev Ncaj Ncees. Thiab thaum kawg, cov lus hais thaum pib ntawm ntu no, lub tuam txhab xiav-chip txoj cai Manatt, Phelps & Phillips kos npe rau $ 400,000 daim ntawv cog lus rau kev tos txais sawv cev ntawm tsoomfwv Jamaica. Charles Manatt yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Democratic National Committee, uas tseem sawv cev rau Dominican koom pheej, qhov chaw uas nws yog ib tug Ambassador kaum xyoo dhau los, ntiav los tawm tsam tus extradition ntawm Christopher Coke.
ZNetwork tau txais nyiaj tsuas yog los ntawm kev ua siab zoo ntawm nws cov neeg nyeem.
Pab Nyiaj