Despite the delay on the part of the Bruce Golding  Administration to extadite  Christopher ‘Dudud’ Coke to the USA, US deputy assistant secretary of state for Central America and the Caribbean, Julissa Reynoso, insists that they will not back down form the request. She also emphasized that the US will not sanction Jamaica because of the delay but she considers Coke to be a person of high interest to the USA and would expect the extradition to happen as soon as possible.