1. Christopher Coke developed community programs to help the poor and had so much local support that Jamaican police were unable to enter this neighborhood without community consent.
23 Facts About Christopher Coke
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Christopher Coke was arrested on drug charges and extradited to the United States in 2010.
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Christopher Coke's arrest had provoked violence among Coke's supporters in West Kingston.
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In 2011, Christopher Coke pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges in connection with drug trafficking and assault.
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Christopher Michael Coke was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1969, the youngest son of Lester Lloyd Coke and Patricia Halliburton.
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Together with the gang's co-founder Vivian Blake, Lester Christopher Coke oversaw the distribution of huge amounts of cocaine and marijuana throughout Jamaica and the United States; they were blamed for more than 1000 murders in both countries during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Two years after his arrest, the senior Christopher Coke died in a mysterious fire at the General Penitentiary in Kingston, where he was being held pending extradition proceedings.
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Christopher Coke had been incorporated into his father's trusted assistants.
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Christopher Coke effectively began to rule the gang at the age of 23, after his father died.
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Christopher Coke developed himself as a community leader in Tivoli Gardens.
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Christopher Coke distributed money to the area's poor, created employment, and set up community centers to help the children and others.
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Christopher Coke gained widespread support in the community, to the extent that Jamaican police had to seek permission from his organization before entering the neighborhood.
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Christopher Coke claimed that the US had used warrantless wiretapping to gather evidence on Coke.
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Christopher Coke was detained during a routine roadblock while trying to reach the US Embassy in Kingston for surrender.
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Christopher Coke attempted to disguise himself as a woman, wearing a woman's wig and possessing a second one and a pair of women's sunglasses; however, the security forces recognized him through his disguise.
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Miller told police Christopher Coke feared for his life if he surrendered directly to the police, and was asked for aid by Christopher Coke.
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Christopher Coke's father had died in 1992 in a mysterious prison fire while awaiting an extradition trial in Jamaica.
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Christopher Coke was held under heavy guard while awaiting extradition, as the police feared an attack by his supporters.
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Christopher Coke said that his decision to surrender and face charges was based on a desire to end the drug-related violence in Jamaica, to which he'd lost his sister, brother and father.
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Christopher Coke was held at the federal New York City Metropolitan Correctional Center during the court proceedings.
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Christopher Coke initially pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking and weapons trafficking charges in May 2011.
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On 8 June 2012 Christopher Coke was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
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Christopher Coke is held at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix in Fort Dix, New Jersey with a release date of 25 January 2030.