The World - News from Jan. 28, 1986

President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier of Haiti fired a dozen military officers and dismantled a special police unit in a shake-up of his security operations, state-run television reported. The changes were seen as a move to head off any possible coup attempt amid a growing popular movement against Duvalier. The discharged officers included the head of the so-called Investigation Commission, which kept tabs on political activists. The commission itself was abolished, and several officers considered loyal to the president were brought out of retirement to replace those dismissed. Troops patrolled the streets of Cap Haitien, Haiti’s second city, after a weekend of anti-government protests there.