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Title
Macoute trial
Date(s)
- July 1986 (Creation)
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(1949-)
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Lawyers for famed Ton-Ton Macoute boss Paul Vericain glance in fear at the reaction of an overflowing courtroom mob, after declaring his client’s innocence of charges for hundreds of murders under the Duvalier regime. Soon after the fall of the dictator in February 1986, several leading Macoutes were tried and imprisoned in July 1986.