Taking advantage of the chaos and devastation in Haiti, John-Claude Duvalier, the corrupt former president who is responsible for the deaths of thousands, flew to his homeland yesterday. He says he wants to do something for his country. People there are so desperate, they actually cheered his arrival. He's going where the billions are flowing."Duvalier, who was handed the presidency at 19 by his father, Francois "Papa Doc'' Duvalier, ruled Haiti from 1971 to 1986. In a U.S.-brokered deal, he fled the country for France amid massive unrest after anti-government demonstrators clashed with security forces and his private militia, the dreaded Tonton Macoutes."
The Tonton Macoutes worked through informants in every niche of village and city sectors. According to Wikipedia, the Tonton Macoutes were relentless in their arrest, torture and subjugation of Duvalier's political enemies. An effective tool of the Tonton Macoutes was Haiti's wholesale belief in voodoo and the ability of the Tonton Macoutes to destroy and capture their souls. "Baby Doc" used them as his personal army during his administration.
Read more: The Miami Herald.
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