June 20, 2010

Portrait of a Jamaican Drug Lord

By David Paulin
Reputed Jamaican drug lord Christopher Michael Coke -- now the Caribbean nation's most wanted man -- was a "math whiz" in high school who startled teachers with his dazzling test scores.After math, Coke had a second favorite subject: religion. Coke did poorly in every other subject and had "inconsistent" attendance, according to confidential school records obtained by a Jamaican newspaper. Today, U.S. authorities call Coke -- known as "Dudus" to Jamaicans -- one of the world's most dangerous narcotics kingpins. He's wanted in the U.S. for drug trafficking and arms smuggling.Coke is no ordinary drug thug, as it turns out. He attended an elite private secondary school in Kingston called Ardenne High School. In 1927, it was founded by an American husband-and-wife missionary team with the Anderson, Ind.-based Church of God. They'd first arrived in Kingston, the capital, in 1909 after it suffered a devastating earthquake. The school's motto: "Deo...(Read Full Article)