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- ↑ New York Times , 29 September 1988, U.S.-Indicted, Colonel Holds A Key in Haiti
- ↑ "The World : Indicted Haiti Colonel Dies". Los Angeles Times. 1988-11-07. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ↑ Ap (1988-11-08). "Possibility of Poisoning Is Raised In the Death of a Haitian Colonel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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