{
  "id": 3506629,
  "title": "Liberia: Explainer - Why the State Links Jewel Howard-Taylor to Cocaine Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/liberia-explainer-why-the-state-links-jewel-howard-taylor-to-cocaine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T11:55:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608260350.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Liberian Investigator] Government prosecutors say former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor did not have to handle cocaine to become part of an alleged trafficking operation. They accuse her of accepting US$135,000 from members of an international drug network and agreeing to use her office and influence to protect its activities in Liberia.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}