1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20229
u.s. Customs and
Border Protection


September 26, 2011
Mattathias Schwartz
The New Yorker


Dear Mr. Schwartz:
This l e t t ~ r is a fmal response to your frct100m of Information Act (FOIA) request to
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requesting copies ofthe following records:
Video recordings of a raid on Trivoli Gardens, a neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica, that took place
on the morning of May 24, 2010. These records were made from a Department of Homeland
Security P-3 Orion aircraft that was flying over Kingston that day.
Video recording and any written accounts relating in whole or in part to any gun battles that took
place in Kingston, Jamaica between May 20,2010 and June 1,2010.
Flight records showing the location and registration numbers of all Department of Homeland
Security aircraft that were in Jamaican airspace between May 20, 2010 and June 1,20IO.
After a careful review of your request, CBP determined that a three-page record and video are responsive to
your request. The video is exempt from disclosure pursuant to Title 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6),(b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(D),
(b)(7)E), (b)(7)(F) while the three page record is partially releasable pursuant to Title 5 U.S.c. 552 (b)(6),
(b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(E) per below:
Exemption (b)(6) exempts from disclosure personnel or medical files and similar files the release of which
would cause a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. This requires a balancing ofthe public's
right to disclosure against the individual's right privacy.
Exemption (b)(7)(C) protects records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes that could
reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. This exemption takes
particular note of the strong interests of individuals, whether they are suspects, witnesses, or investigators, in
not being unwarrantably associated with alleged criminal.
Exemption b)(7)(D) pertains to records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, the release
of which could reasonably be expected to disclose the identities of confidential sources.
Exemption (b)(7)(E) protects records compiled for law enforcement purposes, the release of which would
disclose techniques andlor procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose
guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be
expected to risk circumvention of the law.
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Exemption (b )(7)(F) permits the government to withhold all information about any individual when
disclosure of information about him could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of
any individual. This exemption also protects physical security at critical infrastructure sites.
You have a right to appeal the decision. Should you wish to do so, you must send your appeal and a copy of
this letter, within 60 days of the date of this letter, to:
following the
procedures outlined in the DHS regulations under Title 6 C.F.R. 5.9 . Your envelope and letter should be
marked "FOIA Appeal." Copies of the FOIA and DHS regulations are available at www.dhs.gov/foia.
The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) also mediates disputes between FOIA requesters
and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. If you are requesting access to your own
records (which is considered a Privacy Act request), you should know that OGIS does not have the authority
to handle requests made under the Privacy Act of 1974. If you wish to contact OGIS, you may email them at
or call .

Enclosures
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT REPORT
CBP Directive 3340-025C
Air Marine Enforcement Items:
None
1. DATE OF INCIDENT:
LOCATION OF INCIDENT:
SIR NUMBER:
512412010
TIME OF INCIDENT: 10:00 Homestead. FL (b)(7)(E)
AM .... '(0) ..........
REPORTED TO COMMISSIONER'S SITUATION ROOM VIA PHONE ON:
DATE: 5/2412010 TIME: 10:12 PM TO:
(b )(6),(b )(7)(C)
2. REPORTING OFFICE: DFOISECTOR:
. POEtsT A TlON:
Office of Air and Marine ;, National Air Security Operations
P-3 Operations Center Corpus Christ
PERSON MAKING REPORT:
(b)(6),(b )(7)(C)
.... , FAx 1....1
(b )(6),(b )(7)(C) (b)(6),(b )(7)(C)
OFFICE PHONE: , ... CELL PHONE:
(b)(6),(b)(7)(C)
. POINT OF CONTACT:
OFFICE PHONE: (b)(6},(b)(7)(C) : CELL PHONE:
(b )(6},(b )(7}(C) FAX NUMBER:'t...._
3. ofincident: ON DUTY 0 OFF DUTY
4.SYNOPSIS: (USE CONTINUATION SHEET IF NECESSARY)
See Attached Continuation
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... ___ .QUANTITY: .. VALUE:
" .,"
NUMBER OF ARRESTS: MALE: FEMALE: CITIZENSHIP:
5. NOTIFICATIONS MADE:
1. TELEPHONIC REPORTTO'C()MMISSiONER'S SliVATION ROOM
(b)(7)(E)
5/24/2010 10:12 PN.
2.0 ............ .... .
3.0
..
6. INruRIESIFATALITIES:
EAP
NAME AND EXTENT OF INJURY:
AGENT ADVISED
1.
2.
NAME OF FATALITIES:
1.
2.
7. ACTION TAKEN:
Suspect still at large. P-3
(b )(7)(E) ,
upport requested for an additional two days to
facilitate the apprehension of suspect.
8.MEDIA INTEREST EXPECTED:
Very high, National news services are covering the story.
CBP FORM 6 (01105
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT REPORT
Continuation Sheet
Page 2 of
DATE OF INCIDENT: 5/24/2010 LOCATION OF INCIDENT: SIR NUMBER:
TIME OF INCIDENT: 10:00 AM . Homestead. FL
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Synopsis: (cont.):
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On 24 May 2010, OM3!0 a.P-3 Long Range Tracker (LRT) assigned tc) P-3
Corpus Christi, TX conducted perations over Kingston, Jamaica at the
request of and in support of the I:>t:Ug..Enforcement Administration (DEA)I9:ngston CO.l:UltI'y0ffice. The .
request to the2ffice of Marine was for an aerial the l)EA in
serving an extradition warrant and the. extraction of Coke, tltealleged head ofthe Shower
Pos.se. Suspe.ct is by other.gangs a loc,al (Tivoli
Gardens) rigged to high-vo.ltage wires and gasolille Surveillance support is needed
to increase officer . ....... .... .
At approximately 1400Z. Omaha 370 was cleared to initiate an orbit overland above the southwestern
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area of Kingston, Jamaica surveillance around 1758N 07648W(i
ll
the Tivoli.
ofKiIlgston). Afte!J.:?5 hours,Omaha began a of the suri'?unding ... ...
approximately 1745Z, several Armored Personnel Carriers and bulldozers were located
(b)(7)(E)
.. - ,-- .
(b)(7)(E) . The vehicles and equipment removed a number of
roadway barricades near 1758N 07648W. Omaha 370 also observed approximately 40 armed Jamaican
... ". . " . -' ..
(b)(7)(E) _
(b)(7)(E)
(b)(7)(E)
(b)(7)(E)
. 12.0 .
(b)(7)(E)
IGIl All recorded .....
(b )(7)(E)
CBP FORM 6 (01105) cont
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT REPORT
Continuation Sheet
Page 3 of 3
DATE OF INCIDENT: St24i20io"-i LOCATl()N OF'INCIDENT: ; SIR.'Ni.iMBEiE'--'
, TIME OF INCIDENT: 10:00 AM Homestead. FL

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