Editing Jean-Claude Duvalier (section)

===Departure===
[[File:Fleeing Duvaliers.jpg|thumb|Jean-Claude and Michèle Duvalier en route to the airport to flee the country, 7 February 1986]]
In January 1986, the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]] began to pressure Duvalier to renounce his rule and to leave Haiti. Representatives appointed by [[Prime Minister of Jamaica|Jamaican prime minister]] [[Edward Seaga]] served as intermediaries who carried out the negotiations. At this point a number of Duvalierists and business leaders met with the Duvaliers and pressed for their departure. The United States rejected a request to provide asylum for Duvalier, but offered to assist with their departure. On 30 January 1986, Duvalier had initially accepted, and President Reagan actually announced his departure based on a report from the Haitian CIA Station Chief who saw Duvalier's car head for the airport. Duvalier's party returned to the palace unnoticed by the U.S. intelligence team due to their motorcade being blocked by a gun battle.<ref name=Winslow>{{cite web |url=http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/namerica/haiti.html |title=Comparative Criminology – North America – Haiti |work=sdsu.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625160232/http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/namerica/haiti.html |archive-date=25 June 2010  }}</ref> Duvalier declared "we are as firm as a monkey tail" and decided against abdication. However, the Duvaliers made another attempt to depart on 7 February 1986, and this time they succeeded, flying to France on a U.S. Air Force aircraft.<ref name=Chamberlain>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/05/jean-claude-baby-doc-duvalier|title=Jean-Claude Duvalier obituary|last=Chamblerlain|first=Greg|date=5 October 2014|access-date=6 February 2018|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="Moody1986"/>