WLRN Public Media | By Tim Padgett
COMMENTARY To observe Haitian Flag Day on May 18, the members of Haiti’s political and business elite who’ve sponsored violent gangs could reflect on the possibly irreparable damage they’ve done.
It was a spasm of heavily armed violence in the nation’s capital that killed more than 30 people, led by a gang with strong links to the Caribbean country’s political and business elite.
It could have been Haiti in 2026.
But it was Jamaica in 2010.
The Shower Posse, one of Jamaica’s most powerful gangs, was lashing out over the extradition of its leader, Christopher “Dudus” Coke, to the U.S.
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