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| Baby Doc, Haitian cops catch up on old times |
| 2011-01-18 |
| Haitian police took ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier out of his hotel Tuesday without saying whether he was being detained for crimes committed under his brutal regime. Probably depends on the size of the bribe... A contingent of police led the former dictator known as "Baby Doc" through the hotel and to a waiting SUV. He was not wearing handcuffs. Duvalier, 59, was calm and did not say anything. Asked by journalists if he was being arrested, his longtime companion Veronique Roy, laughed but said nothing. I wonder what she knows? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 After the juice trial, the system where you can buy juries... |
| Posted by: hotspur666 2011-01-18 23:41 |
| #6 "Under the Haitian system, judges investigate allegations made by prosecutors." How ... French. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-01-18 18:24 |
| #5 An associate of Jean-Claude Duvalier says a judge has decided to open a formal investigation of the former dictator. Mona Bernadeau, a Senate candidate from Duvalier's political party, says Duvalier has been facing questions from the judge in a closed-door legal session since being taken out of his hotel by police Tuesday. She declined to specify the allegations. Under the Haitian system, judges investigate allegations made by prosecutors. Haiti allows for pretrial detention but that is unlikely in Duvalier's case. Bernadeau expects Duvalier will be returning to his hotel. Dozens of Duvalier supporters tried to block streets with overturned trash bins and rocks to try to prevent the former dictator from going to prison. Several hundred Duvalier supporters gathered outside the court, burning tires, chanting slogans and calling for the arrest of President Rene Preval. Okay, this ought to be fun... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-01-18 17:17 |
| #4 The Duvaliers had plenty of money built up from their decades of running the country and having an actual functioning economy, and it was all out of the country in foreign bank accounts. Now that Haiti has regressed 4 decades economically since the Duvaliers left, Baby Doc is coming back to spread around the largess. I expect him to be a king-maker this time, not the king. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-01-18 17:11 |
| #3 I'd have to agree, Deacon. Judging by history, if you assume all players in Haiti are lying crooks, you won't go far wrong. |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-01-18 16:58 |
| #2 I'll take number 3, mojo. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2011-01-18 15:06 |
| #1 Stupid? Suicidal? Or is "the fix" in? |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-01-18 14:48 |