Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Extraordinary drama took place on Tuesday in Port-au-Prince that the charges were filed against former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, government sources told CNN.
The charges are related to financial corruption and may also include violations of human rights, a court source told CNN.
A judge will have 30 days to review and decide whether the charges merit to proceed with a complaint against Duvalier.
Earlier in the day, the former leader was arrested at his hotel and transported to a central court for a hearing. After hours of interrogation, Duvalier was allowed to return to your hotel.
Intense flurry of legal activity, preceded Duvalier increase in the country Karibe Hotel, where he was after his mysterious return to Haiti on Sunday.
His hands cuffed, he walked down three flights of stairs and greeted the fans before a small group of heavily armed police escorted off the waiting white van.
Outside the hotel is a wonderful suburb of Petionville, throngs of journalists were waiting to look through the Duvalier speculation that the tyrant should be arrested first.
Hundreds of people lined the road that descends from Petionville in downtown Port-au-Prince to show his support. Some held pictures of Duvalier, when he was in his first and banners.
Duvalier has shocked the world by returning to his home Sunday evening after some 25 years of exile in France. He is accused of plundering the country, siphoning money from Haiti clean the pockets of his family during his reign, which ended in a popular revolt in 1986.
Human Rights have called for justice for atrocities committed during his reign of 15 years.
Under the chairmanship of the Duvalier regime, thousands were tortured and killed, and hundreds of thousands of Haitians have fled into exile, according to Human Rights Watch.
Michele Montas, a Haitian journalist who fought for democracy and is a former spokesperson for the night of the Secretary General of the United Nations said Monday it is considering filing a criminal complaint against Duvalier.
"We have enough evidence. There are enough people who can testify. What I do is go to a lawyer, and there is a tax that might actually pay attention to our complaints," she said on CNN "Spitzer Parker."
The United Nations said Tuesday that the presence of Duvalier in Haiti, had taken shape in the world by surprise and that "clearly raises the question of impunity and accountability." Rupert Colville, spokesman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said a series of human rights violations and corruption surrounding Duvalier.
U.S. UN Ambassador Susan Rice told reporters Tuesday she hoped a peaceful settlement of tensions in Haiti.
"I think it's time tense and delicate in Haiti, due to unresolved issues around the elections, because a cholera epidemic, and certainly the interests of the people of Haiti would be a peaceful and cooperative efforts to resolve the issues in Pending related to elections, "he said.
We do not know why decided to return Duvalier in Haiti, and speculation grows about what he hopes to achieve.
His presence certainly added to the seething cauldron of political turmoil caused by the presidential election a source of controversy.
"Obviously it's an important moment and crucial for the people of Haiti," said White House Robert Gibbs.
"Any political leader or a former political leader should not only focus on himself, but progress towards a number of important choices," Gibbs said, adding that they should spend "their time and energy on rebuilding the country. "
Journalist Amy Wilentz, author of "Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier, known as" Baby Doc "media circus has been the focus of the leadership crisis in Haiti.
"This is a circus giant in the electoral debate," he said.
Preliminary results of the elections on Nov. 28 put the former first lady Mirlande Manigat in a runoff with Jude Celestin, the candidate supported by President Rene Preval of Haiti unpopular. However, international observers accused of fraud and a subsequent review Celestino choice to third. Observers have suggested that it was eliminated from the contest.
Preval government has not officially commented on the return of Duvalier, while some Haitians, like a father to lead the nation in crisis, have commented favorably on the old days of Duvalier.
At that time, the streets were safe, said in Port-au-Prince resident Jean Etienne. People could walk outside at night and the food was cheap, "he said.
But Garry Pierre-Pierre, editor of The New York Times based in Haiti, the father-son Duvalier blame dynasty to a nation struggling to regain its footing. He said that the scars are still deep in an era where nobody trusts each other.
Pierre-Pierre said he hopes to win the right to the end.
"If there is a brilliant sport," he said, "we finally have to face this decision we had to deal with the vertical. We were in denial about what happened during the reign of 29 years of Duvalier dictatorship."
Duvalier was supposed to have conducted a press conference on Monday but was canceled and remained huddled inside the Karibe until he was kidnapped on Tuesday.
Henry Robert Sterlin, a member of Duvalier, Duvalier told reporters that he returned because he was touched by the anniversary of the tragic earthquake last year because she missed her homeland.
"E 'deeply offended by his soul after the earthquake," said Pound. "He wanted to go back and see how the current situation in Haiti -. The people and the earth"
Sterlin said he did not know how long the former director had planned to stay.
The Duvalier family ruled Haiti for three decades, from 1957, when François "Papa Doc" Duvalier was elected president. He then declared himself president for life. When he died in 1971, he was succeeded by his son, when only 19th
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