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An armed Jamaican gang member moves through a public housing project December 25, 2008 in a section of the gang-controlled Rema "Garrison." Gunmen in the garrisons are well armed with weapons flowing in from Colombia, Haiti and the United States and this abundance of guns is certainly one of the factors fueling Jamaica's high murder rate.

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2007-8
Image Size: 3618x2412 / 6.0MB; Jamaica Jamaican gangs violence murder homicide rates capita crime justice society poverty community garrison gangsters guns weapons youth culture Caribbean tropics West Indies ghetto inner-city inner city epidemic Kingston Rema Trench Town gunman gunmen rifle silhouette night shadow automatic slum public housing scheme criminal Action Pack Fatherless Crew horizontal Jamaica Kingston garrison garrisons gangs ghetto poverty violence gangsters crime culture violence tragic crisis island Jamaican armed gang life killing homicide rate political violence PNP JLP neighborhood members guns weapons criminal projects
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An armed Jamaican gang member moves through a public housing project December 25, 2008 in a section of the gang-controlled Rema "Garrison." Gunmen in the garrisons are well armed with weapons flowing in from Colombia, Haiti and the United States and this abundance of guns is certainly one of the factors fueling Jamaica's high murder rate.