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Rasta City vs The Muslims: Trinidad's Gang Wars and Abu Bakr's Attempted Coup

2021/3/11
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Danny Gold: 本集探讨了1990年特立尼达和多巴哥发生的由阿布·巴克尔领导的伊斯兰武装分子政变未遂事件，以及该事件与该国日益严重的帮派暴力之间的关系。政变未遂被认为是该国犯罪率飙升的转折点，导致谋杀率急剧上升。警督罗杰·亚历山大认为，政变暴露了国家的弱点，导致许多人乘机作乱。阿布·巴克尔及其组织Jamaat al-Muslimeen被描述为一个复杂的组织，最初致力于社会正义和社区建设，但后来被指控为犯罪组织。阿布·巴克尔声称，政变是由于与政府的土地纠纷和对毒品交易的反对而引起的，并指控特立尼达和多巴哥的高级官员参与毒品交易。Jamaat al-Muslimeen的许多前成员现在领导着与该组织无关的街头帮派，特立尼达和多巴哥的主要犯罪团伙是穆斯林帮和拉斯塔城帮，它们之间存在激烈的冲突。这些帮派与政府项目有关联，这使得打击帮派活动变得非常困难。执法部门和媒体主要关注街头帮派之间的暴力冲突，而对高级别的毒品交易关注较少。 Sean Williams: Sean Williams主要对Danny Gold的叙述进行回应，表达了自己的惊讶和疑问，并对一些细节进行提问。

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The 1990 coup attempt in Trinidad and Tobago was led by Abu Bakr and his followers, aiming to overthrow the government. The coup failed but had significant impacts on the country, including a dramatic increase in the murder rate.

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In 1990, the tiny Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago saw the only attempted Islamic militant overthrow of a government in the Western Hemisphere. The coup led by Abu Bakr and his Jamaat Al Muslimeem followers failed, but many on the island see it as a turning point that has led the murder rate to increase by 400% over the last few decades. Now, a raging war between the Rasta City gang and the Muslims gang doesn't show sings of stopping as they battle over lucrative government contracts and the street drug trade.

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