KINGSTON — 2010 · Major Tragedy
The Tivoli Gardens Incursion
In May 2010 about 800 soldiers and 370 police officers entered the impoverished Tivoli Gardens district of West Kingston to capture a gang leader wanted by the United States on drug and arms trafficking charges. A state of emergency was declared in Kingston and St. Andrew. Days of fighting left around 73 people dead, at least 70 of them civilians, and hundreds detained. The wanted man was caught in June 2010, extradited to the US and sentenced to 23 years in 2012. An independent commission of enquiry convened in 2014 found the operation poorly planned and identified possible extrajudicial killings.
- Date
- 2010
- Place
- West Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, JM
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 17.9730, -76.7970 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 23 May 2010A state of emergency was declared in Kingston and St. Andrew.
- 24 May 2010Security forces entered Tivoli Gardens.
- 22 June 2010The wanted gang leader was captured and extradited to the US.
- 8 June 2012A US court sentenced him to 23 years.
- December 2014An independent commission of enquiry began hearing witnesses.
Sources
- Jamaica Gleaner — Tivoli justice 'impossible' jamaica-gleaner.com ↗
- PMC — The West Kingston/Tivoli Gardens Incursion pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- Wikipedia — 2010 Kingston unrest en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Jamaica Gleaner
- PMC (Academic Forensic Pathology)
- Wikipedia
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