secret police
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And critics claimed the company’s “Service Department,” designed to see that workers remained “sober and industrious,” was nothing more than a secret police force.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Rivas was the personal secretary for Chile's infamous secret police chief Manuel Contreras from 1973 to 1976.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
After a short stint as an intel adviser to Mr. Maduro, Mr. González López was, in April 2019, again assigned to head the secret police.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, refuted descriptions of ICE as a secret police force.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
Wherever Farmer walked in the city he felt the presence of the tontons macoutes, Baby Doc’s infamous secret police, who hid behind dark glasses and seemed to shadow foreign visitors.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
