Document #1225123
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
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.
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)