Caribbean National Weekly June 24, 2021

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THURSDAY JUNE 24, 2021

Jamaica Gangsters Arrested in Broward Jamaican authorities say that the majority of migrants who arrived illegally in South Florida on a boat last Thursday are linked to criminal activities in Jamaica.

At a press conference on Sunday Jamaica's police commissioner, Major Antony Anderson was asked if there was an investigation into why the migrants had fled the country. He revealed that of the 14 people that were detained, seven were Jamaican. Four of the seven have also been linked to criminal activity on the island. “We have been working with our international partners in this and have found criminal traces for four of the seven so far and only a couple of weeks before that, we know that another person who is wanted in Jamaica tried to enter the United States in a similar way but was found and sent back to us,” Anderson said. He said that local law enforcement authorities are now

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By Sheri-Kae McLeod CNW Reporter

Broward County and U.S. Border Patrol authorities detained 14 migrants, including Jamaicans, who were traveling in a boat that came ashore. WPLG-TV reported the migrants were coming from Jamaica and had first traveled to The Bahamas. One of the migrant men, later identified as Deon Cooke, told the TV station as he was being handcuffed in Pompano Beach, Florida, that he was fleeing from violence in his home country. “There's killing going on there. We want a better life. No life is in Jamaica right now,” he said. Cooke, popularly known as 'Boobie Skeng,' is reported to be one of the top gangsters in the east Kingston community of Dunkirk.

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One of Jamaica's most decorated Olympians, Veronica Campbell-Brown, has announced her retirement on the eve of Jamaica's Olympic trials. Campbell-Brown, who won back-to-back Olympic 200m titles to lead Jamaica's ascent to the top of global sprinting, made the announcement in an emotional post to social media.

continues on B4 – Criminals Arrested

“As I take off my spikes never to put them on again, this girl from Clarks Town walks away happy and contented with a race well run,” was posted on the 39-year-old's Instagram page. “Through the grace of God, I have climbed from a small town in Trelawny, Jamaica up the ladder of success to become one of the most decorated women in the Olympic Games and World Championships history.” Campbell-Brown sprinted at five Olympics from 2000 to 2016, earning eight medals, one shy of the Olympic women's track and field record. At the age of 22, Campbell-Brown continues on B4 – Campbell-Brown Retires

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