1987 Haitian election massacre

The 1987 Haitian election massacre (also aknown as the Ruelle Vaillant massacre) was a mass killing that occurred on 29 November 1987 in Port-au-Prince during Haiti's first attempted democratic election after the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship. Armed men, including paramilitaries and individuals linked to the National Intelligence Service, Haitian military and the former Duvalierist secret police Tonton Macoute, attacked voters gathered at polling stations, most notably on Ruelle Vaillant street in Port-au-Prince. The massacre resulted in dozens of deaths and led to the cancellation of the national election process.Whitney, Kathleen Marie (1996), "Sin, Fraph, and the CIA: U.S. Covert Action in Haiti", Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, Vol. 3, Issue 2 (1996), pp. 303-33214 December 1987 Haiti Blood in the Ballot Box https://time.com/archive/6711080/haiti-blood-in-the-ballot-box/ Time Magazine30 November 1987 Haiti Calls Off Election Amid Killings, Turmoil: 17 Shot Down in Massacre at Polling Place in Capital; Government Dissolves Voting Council https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-30-mn-16902-story.html References Haiti Category:Massacres in Haiti Category:1987 in Haiti