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Unrest spreads in Jamaica over drug suspect extradition attempts

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Violence in Jamaica surrounding the planned extradition to the United States of an alleged drug kingpin continued Monday, with police saying a number of people had died in an attack on the suspect’s stronghold in West Kingston.

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