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Pierrette told the media that the three Le Pen girls were being raised in an environment of "primary anti-Semitism" in which Adolf Hitler was referred to as Tonton Uncle Dolphi.
In the Name Of the Father Emma-Kate Symons 2011
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Described by one commentator as an ‘international crime scene’ rather than a country, Haiti became infamous around the world during the reign of Francois ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier, a former doctor who murdered 100,000 people and formed a private band of killers called the Tonton Macoutes.
Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? 2010
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Victims of Duvalier's armed forces and the notorious National Security Volunteer Militia, better known as the Tonton Macoutes, sought to have their claims included in the official case against Duvalier, but the government prosecutor's office did not include them in its recommendations to the judge as the alleged abuses fell outside the statute of limitations stipulated in Haiti's constitution, according to a senior judicial official.
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He also established a fear-inducing rural militia called Tonton Macoutes, a Creole term that means something like “bogeymen.”
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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He also established a fear-inducing rural militia called Tonton Macoutes, a Creole term that means something like “bogeymen.”
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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He also established a fear-inducing rural militia called Tonton Macoutes, a Creole term that means something like “bogeymen.”
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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Groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have already urged Haiti to hold Duvalier accountable for the crimes committed by his secret police, known as the Tonton
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Victims of Duvalier's armed forces and the notorious National Security Volunteer Militia, better known as the Tonton Macoutes, sought to have their claims included in the official case against Duvalier, but the government prosecutor's office did not include them in its recommendations to the judge as the alleged abuses fell outside the statute of limitations stipulated in Haiti's constitution, according to a senior judicial official.
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A majority of Haitians are now too young to have lived under Duvalier but many still remember his government's nightmarish prisons and violent special militia, known as the Tonton Macoute, which killed and tortured political opponents with impunity.
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Despite his fame, Doudou is known in town simply as "Tonton" or "Uncle", the man with "four wives and at least 15 girls and 15 boys" who heads a family orchestra.
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