Jamaica: 73 killed in hunt for alleged drug lord

Friday, May 28, 2010

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican security forces kicked down doors and arrested dozens of people in a bullet-pocked slum Thursday, and said the death toll from four days of fighting sparked by the search for a reputed drug lord has risen to 73.

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