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Judi Lynn

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2. Have never seen it explained since the murder of President Moises, a rough character, himself. . .
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 10:34 AM
Oct 2024

It may have been like every man for himself, with the only authority figure seeming to get into the news a lot here being the former police chief, and current leader of gangsters, the guy currently known as "Bar-b-que." (One hesitates to wonder what is meant by that nickname given to him!)

It seems the former death squad leaders, their organization going all the way back to Papa Doc Duvalier, or his son, who also were trained by the US and given supplies by them from time to time, as well as haven at various times, are always lurking in the wings. Their group originally was known as the TonTon Macoutes, the super-vicious secret police who served Papa Doc.

(I read in Google their name comes from a child's fictitious characger known as "Uncle Gunnysack" who would come at night and steal children, shoving them into his Gunnysack and they would never be seen again)

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