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The Real Reasons Behind the Arrest Jean Claude Duvalier Arresst

News - January 18 2011, 5:46 PM

Duvalier assumed power in 1971 at age 19 following the death of his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier.

The father and son presided over one of the darkest chapters in Haitian history, a period when thuggish government secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute tortured and killed opponents.

Duvalier was forced into exile in 1986 in a mass uprising and had been living in exile in France.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and others have urged the Haitian government to arrest him for widespread abuses.

He's return increases the chance that he could be charged with atrocities committed during his 15-year rule because it will be easier to bring charges in the country where the crimes occurred.

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