U-JUAN GONZALEZ: Manje siya eJamaica, lapho isibalo sabashonile silokhu sikhuphuka njengoba kuthungathwa umsolwa ongubhongoza wezidakamizwa uChristopher “Dudus” Coke, ofunwa uthuli yi-United States. Amaphoyisa aseJamaican akuqinisekisile ngoLwesine ukuthi abantu abangamashumi ayisikhombisa nantathu, iningi labo izakhamizi, bashonile ezingxabanweni phakathi kwabezokuphepha nabalandeli bakaCoke abebehlomile. Amaqembu alwela amalungelo aphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokubulawa okungekho emthethweni okungenzeka okwenziwe ngamasosha endaweni yaseTivoli Gardens enhlokodolobha yaseJamaica, iKingston. I-Amnesty International isicele ukuthi kwenziwe uphenyo olunzulu.
Khonamanjalo, uCoke ngokwakhe usabalekela ukuboshwa. Abashushisi baseMelika bamchaza njengomholi weqembu lezigelekeqe iShower Posse elabulala amakhulu abantu ngesikhathi sezimpi ze-cocaine ngeminyaka yawo-1980. Owayengungqongqoshe wezokuphepha kuzwelonke eJamaica usanda kuchaza uCoke njengendoda enamandla kakhulu ezweni. Ngemuva kwezinyanga zokumelana nengcindezi ye-US yokuthi akhiphe uCoke, uNdunankulu waseJamaica uBruce Golding wahoxisa isikhundla sakhe wamemezela isimo esiphuthumayo ngeSonto, efunga ukuthi uzombamba.
U-AMY GOODMAN: Ngaphambilini uCoke wayehlanganise amavoti eqembu likaGolding, futhi uNdunankulu waze waqasha inkampani yokwamukela abantu eWashington—Manatt, Phelps & Phillips—ukuze azame ukwenza iziphathimandla zase-US zisiyeke isicelo sokubuyiselwa ezweni.
Nokho, ukuze uthole okwengeziwe, manje sijoyinwa izihambeli ezimbili.
UBenjamin Bowling unguprofesa wezobugebengu kanye nobulungiswa bobugebengu eKing's College, eLondon, kanye nombhali wencwadi ezayo. Amaphoyisa aseCaribbean: Ukusebenzisana Kwezokuphepha Kwezwe Lonke Kusebenza. Isiqephu sakhe sakamuva singenile The Guardian ibizwa ngokuthi "i-Jamaica Bleeds for Our War on Drugs," lapho ebhala khona, ecaphuna, "isiphithiphithi sase-Kingston siwuphawu lokwehluleka kokuvinjelwa kwe-cocaine okuholwa yi-US."
Futhi emgqeni osuka eKingston, Jamaica, sijoyinwa nguCarolyn Gomes. Ungumqondisi omkhulu weqembu iJamaicans for Justice.
Siyanamukela kini nobabili Intando yeningi Manje! Ake siqale eJamaica noCarolyn Gomes. Sitshele ukuthi kwenzekani emigwaqweni njengamanje nokuthi yini ocabanga ukuthi kumele yenzeke.
UCarolyn Gomes: Kubonakala kuzolile. Impela ukuhlaselwa kwamaphoyisa neziteshi zamaphoyisa, ukuhlasela—ukuhlasela okunabile esiqhingini sonke, iDolobha laseSpain, okubonakala kuncipha, kwehlisa umoya. Okufanele kwenzeke ukuthi sidinga ukuhlakanipha kule "mpi" --quote-unquote, esiyilwayo. Kudingeka sime futhi sibonise ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo ezakhamuzi, okubonise ukusebenza kombutho wethu wezokuphepha eminyakeni eminingi, eminingi, akwenzeki, nokuthi uma kukhona-sibe nokwengamela okuzimele kwemisebenzi njengoba kwenzeka. khona manje. Futhi sidinga ukuhlolwa okucacile, okucacile kokwenzeka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule.
U-JUAN GONZALEZ: Manje, sekube nomlando e-Jamaica ngamabutho ezokuphepha wokubulawa kwabantu okungazange kubalwe kahle?
UCarolyn Gomes: Nakanjani. Sibike ngakho ku-Inter-American Commission. Kunemibiko eminingi. Emashumini eminyaka adlule, amaphoyisa, amaphoyisa ethu—izinga lokudutshulwa kwamaphoyisa lingelinye eliphakeme kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngonyaka odlule, amaphoyisa ethu abulala izakhamuzi ezingama-246. Futhi akukaze—kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, kube khona ukushushiswa okukodwa kwephoyisa ngokusebenzisa amandla okungekho emthethweni. Kuyinkinga yangempela ukuthi sinokungajeziswa okuphelele nokuphelele ngokuhlukumeza amalungelo e-Jamaica.
U-AMY GOODMAN: USolwazi Bowling, uthi lokhu ukwehluleka kwempi yezidakamizwa. Ungakwazi yini ukuchaza okubonayo okwenzekayo manje e-Jamaica? Unongqongqoshe wangaphambili wezokuphepha kuzwelonke, uDkt. Peter Phillips, ethi Tivoli Gardens—ukuthi uChristopher "Dudus" Coke kungenzeka ukuthi unamandla kakhulu kune-Jamaican Labour Party uqobo.
U-BENJAMIN BOWLING: Nokho, ngicabanga ukuthi, esimweni esibanzi, ukuvinjelwa kwezidakamizwa kuye kwaholela ekwakhiweni kwemakethe eyimfihlo, okuwuhlobo lwephuzu eliqondile nelisobala, ngempela, ukuthi uma impi yezidakamizwa, ekuphishekeleni lokho okuyikho. ebonwa abantu abaningi njengohlobo lobubi, yehluleka empeleni, uyazi, ukuvimbela abalimi kanye nohlobo lwabathumeli kanye nabathengi e-US naseNtshonalanga Yurophu ekusebenziseni i-cocaine, khona-ke ukuphela kwendlela abantu abangayibamba ngayo. isemakethe yomshoshaphansi. Ngakho-ke ukwenqatshelwa kudala imakethe yomshoshaphansi, edinga ukuhlonyiswa kwezikhali ukuze ithrafikhi iqhubeke. I-US—ukugeleza kwezibhamu eningizimu zisuka e-US zidlula ezifundeni zase-Gulf nasePuerto Rico kudlulele. Abantu baseJamaican baye bakhononda iminyaka eminingi, eminingi ukuthi abasenyakatho-ingcindezi yokuvimbela ukugeleza kwezidakamizwa ukuya enyakatho ayizange ifaniswe, noma yikuphi, ngomzamo we-US wokuvimbela ukugeleza kwezibhamu eningizimu. Lokho-ke kuhlotshaniswa nohlobo oludala olumisiwe, oluqhubekayo lwenkohlakalo yezombangazwe kanye nokuxhumana phakathi kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "imiphakathi yamasosha," amaqembu obugebengu obuhleliwe, amadonsi, kuze kufike ohlelweni lwezepolitiki. Ngakho-ke i-cocaine idale isisekelo soxhaso esikhulu sabantu abaziqondayo futhi abazibonayo futhi bazethule njengosomabhizinisi. Futhi lobo bugebengu obuhleliwe manje bufinyelela enhliziyweni kahulumeni. Futhi lapho kusongelwa, lapho lesi simo esisabekayo samadons kanye nempahla sisongelwa, basabela ngokucacile ngodlame oluhlomile.
U-JUAN GONZALEZ: Manje, wenzani iqiniso lokuthi uhulumeni waseJamaican, ngemva kokumelana nokukhishwa kwe-extradition, khona-ke lokhu kuhlasela okukhulu futhi ngandlela-thile namanje akuzange kuthathe into yokusesha kwabo, uChristopher Coke?
U-BENJAMIN BOWLING: Yebo, ngisho, kuyinto engavamile ngokuphelele. Kubuhlungu. Futhi, niyazi, inhliziyo yami iphumela emindenini yabantu abashonelwe abathandekayo kanye nabantu abalimele kulokhu, niyazi, ngokubona kwami, ubuwula obusaphazayo ngokuphelele, futhi ngokusobala akubona nje okungenanzuzo, kodwa okuphazamisayo. , mayelana nokulahlekelwa ukuphila. Futhi, ngisho, ngicabanga ukuthi into yokuqala ukuthi, uyazi, njengoba uCarolyn esho, indlela amaphoyisa aziphathe ngayo eminyakeni yamuva-eminyakeni eminingi, mayelana nokubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwenkantolo, mayelana nenkohlakalo yezombusazwe ngaphakathi emaphoyiseni nakuhulumeni wonkana, akumangazi ukuthi uhulumeni bekufanele azame ukufihla ububi bawo futhi anxenxe abantu ukuthi bavikele abantu abaningi emphakathini, abaningi abangaphansi kwesigaba sezombusazwe, abababona njengababo.
Kungani ngempela kulesi sikhathi uhulumeni ekhethe ukuguqula uhlobo lokumelana nokunikezela nge-Coke endaweni ecasulayo kuzodinga ukuthi kubhekwe uphenyo, engicabanga ukuthi kufanele kwenzeke. Akukhona nje ukuthi amaphoyisa aziphathe kanjani emgwaqweni okumele aphenywe. Osekudingeka manje wuphenyo olunzulu, uphenyo lomphakathi, ngenkohlakalo engaphakathi embuthweni wamaphoyisa, ngaphakathi kuhulumeni, ukuxhumana nobugebengu obuhleliwe mayelana nokubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwenkantolo, nokuthi konke lokhu kuhlobana kanjani, ngoba ukuze kuphenduleke, ukuze i-Jamaica iqhubekele phambili, kufanele kube nokuthile, ngokubona kwami, eduze nenqubo yeqiniso nokubuyisana kanye nokuchithwa kwezikhali kwabantu emigwaqweni abaziqondayo, ngaphakathi kwamaqembu obugebengu obuhleliwe, ngaphakathi kwamaqembu omgwaqo, njengoba amasosha. Futhi lokho—uyazi, sidinga ukukhuluma ngokuhlehliswa kwezikhali. Kumele sikhulume ngokudilizwa kwabantu abazibona bengamasosha. Futhi impendulo eqhubekayo futhi eyakhayo, hhayi impi. Leyo ndlela ayisebenzi.
U-AMY GOODMAN: Benjamin Bowling, kuzofanele sikushiye lapho. U-Carolyn Gomes, naye, ngiyabonga kakhulu, ovela e-Jamaicans for Justice. Ekugcineni, lawo mazwana ekuqaleni kwalesi sigaba, inkampani yabameli be-blue-chip i-Manatt, uPhelps & Phillips isayina inkontileka ka-$400,000 yokunxenxa uhulumeni wase-Jamaica. UCharles Manatt ungusihlalo wangaphambili weDemocratic National Committee, ophinde amele iDominican Republic, lapho ayeyinxusa eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, eqashelwe ukulwa nokubuyiselwa kukaChristopher Coke.
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