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- The Tonton Macoute (Haitian Creole: Tonton Makout) or simply the Macoute, was a Haitian paramilitary and secret police force created in 1959 by dictator...
- Tonton Macoute was a special operations unit of the Haitian paramilitary force created in 1959. Tonton Macoute may also refer to: Ton-Ton Macoute!, a 1970...
- Ton-Ton Macoute! is the 1970 debut solo album of American blues musician Johnny Jenkins. Jenkins had previously led The Pinetoppers, a band which at one...
- squad, the Tonton Macoute (Haitian Creole: Tonton Makout), indiscriminately tortured or killed Duvalier's opponents; the Tonton Macoute was thought to be...
- Les Boubou Macoutes was the po****r nickname of special inspectors who investigated and visited the homes of those suspected of welfare fraud in the Canadian...
- years earlier. Alan is taken into custody, and the commander of the Tonton Macoute, Captain Dargent Peytraud—the same man from Christophe's funeral and Alan's...
- attempt on his life. While she was a low ranking officer in the Tonton Macoute, her courage impressed the president so much that he promoted her to the...
- Volunteers), commonly referred to as the Tonton Macoute, named after a bogeyman in Haitian mythology. The Tonton Macoute became Haiti's secret police and wielded...
- Machetes were also a distinctive tool and weapon of the Haitian Tonton Macoute. In 1762, the British captured Havana in a lengthy siege during the Seven...
- on 11 September 1988, During the attempt over one hundred armed Tontons Macoute wearing red armbands forced their way into St. Jean Bosco as Aristide began...