Jamaica: Information on the death of alleged gang leader Jim Brown during a prison fire in 1992
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | JAM14326 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Jamaica: Information on the death of alleged gang leader Jim Brown during a prison fire in 1992, 1 May 1993, JAM14326, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acec28.html [accessed 27 May 2023] |
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Please find attached some articles that report on the death of Lester Lloyd Coke, also known as Jim Brown, in February 1992. The articles describe Lester Lloyd Coke as the leader or "Godfather" of the Shower Posse, a Jamaican gang associated with arms smuggling and drug trafficking. He is also described in the attached documents as a "political thug" linked to Edward Seaga and the conservative Jamaica Labour Party. When he died Coke was awaiting extradition to the United States, where he was wanted on charges of multiple murder, money laundering and drug trafficking. Please note that the articles often use the name Lester Coke or Lester Lloyd Coke rather than Jim Brown.
Attachments
The Independent. 19 April 1992. David Adams. "Smoking Out Don Ganja." (NEXIS)
. 28 February 1992. David Adams. "Slums Mourn Jamaica's `Don Dadda'; A Wave of Ghetto Violence Followed the Leader of the Shower Posse Gang and His Son to Their Graves, Writes David Adams." (NEXIS)
The Nation. 13 July 1992. Laurie Gunst. "P.J. Can't Help Me, Really; Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 24 February 1992. AM Cycle. Michael Becker. "Jamaican Gang Leader Wanted in U.S. Dies in Mysterious Jail Fire." (NEXIS)
