The Duvaliers governed with the help of their notoriously violent hired thugs, the Tontons Macoutes.

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One of these, al-Destour, a weekly, reported a case where residents of one Delta village captured three hired NDP thugs, videotaped their confessions, then traded them for five Muslim Brothers held by the police.

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With little evidence, the sisters' lawyer speculated in a London court that the thugs were hired by Alvaro to steal the will so it would not interfere with his designs on the company.

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