So, my country is in distress. All, seemingly - over one man. Known as "Dudus," he is a major kingpin in the Carib drug trade, and of course in his home land of Jamaica. Currently, the US is in pursuit of this man - in order to find out information about the Jamaican drug trade and its participants. In the meanwhile, as he evades arrest and is probably out of the country - dozens of people have been killed in the onslaught of violence taking place.
Mind you, chances are we will never see this covered on CNN. While the US sends army helicopters and military units to the small island to track down this man. I guess we're just not relevant enough for media coverage in America. Or, maybe it's to spare the fear that is to take place when tourists realize the true danger of the island. I've seen articles in the newspapers, but I fear that there is nothing that can be done to rescue this country in peril.
We watch fearfully as innocents are gunned down, police stations are shot up, burned up - officers and soldiers killed. All to protect a man that feeds drugs into your society. Consider him the Escobar of Jamaica. He feeds so many, does so much for the community - the poor can't help but to shelter and shield him from the authorities. Not realizing that he is partially to blame for the downfall and plight of their country. He is the reason for their poverty and strife. Gunmen scare tourists away, rob our women, kill our men and children. He backs that. Give him up.
I await updates from my family. My uncle is stranded here, as he cannot go home just yet. I fear for their safety, especially since most of them don't live in the safest places. As if Mountain View wasn't bad enough.
Pray for Kingston, my friends. Pray for Jamaica.
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