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Tonton Macoute
The Tonton Macoute was a paramilitary force created by François Duvalier in Haiti in 1959, officially named the Volunteers for National Security from 1962. Answerable only to the president, its members terrorised opponents through murder, torture and extortion under both Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude. It was disbanded after Jean-Claude Duvalier's fall in 1986, and many of its members were attacked in reprisals.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tonton Macoute. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tonton-macoute
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