Reputed Jamaican Drug Lord Surrenders

Reputed gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who eluded a bloody police offensive in his slum stronghold last month, surrendered to authorities outside Jamaica's capital today, local news media reported. Coke has been called one of the world's most dangerous drug lords by US authorities and faces trial in New York on drug and arms trafficking charges.

His surrender came nearly a month after 76 people were killed during a four-day assault by Jamaican police and soldiers on the West Kingston slum of Tivoli Gardens, which is Coke's base. He is wanted in New York on charges that he trafficked cocaine and marijuana as well as weapons between his Caribbean island and the United States. (More Christopher "Dudus" Coke stories.)