Activist have fought to see that Mr. Constant not be deported to Haiti where his cohorts in FRAPH who took part in the 2004 coup reside in the relatively secure knowledge that they will never again see the inside of a court or jail. The dreaded Front for Advancement and Progress in Haiti (FRAPH) is an entity launched by the CIA.
"Emannuel Constant, leader of Haiti's FRAPH hit squad, worked for CIA and U.S. Intel helped launch FRAPH. Haiti's dreaded attaches paid for by a U.S. gvt-funded project that maintains sensitive files on Haiti's poor. In 10/3/94, issue of nation carried Nairn's article "the eagle is landing," he quoted a U.S. official praising Constant as a young republican that U.S. Intel had encouraged to form FRAPH. Constant confirmed that account. He first said his handler was Col. Patrick Collins, CIA attache in Haiti, and later claimed another U.S. official urged him to form FRAPH. Collins first approached Constant while he taught a course at hqs of CIA-run national intel service (SIN*) and built up a computer data base at bureau of info and coordination. FRAPH originally was called Haitian resistance league. Constant was working for the CIA at SIN while it attacked the poor.In 2004 a lawsuit was filed by women who were brutalized by members of FRAPH under the leadership of Emmanuel Constant. At the time Constant was living in Queens, NY and his neighbors were none too happy.
The nation 10/24/94 458"History of US Military, CIA Involvement in Haiti Data Compiled from CIA Base
"Constant has been allowed to live freely in the US after threatening to reveal the full extent of his ties to the CIA. The US government has ignored several requests for his extradition. Constant was arrested in a separate case last month—not for human rights abuses but for committing mortgage fraud."It's good news that this genocidal criminal is paying for his SINs, but horrible that so many had to suffer before he was brought to justice on charges unrelated to his truly hideous and despicable activities in Haiti.Women Recount Gang Rape, Abuse at Hearing Against Haitian Death Squad Leader Emmanuel Constant Democracy Now!
More reading:
- Killing Hope by William Blum
- Haiti: Jury Acquits Champlain Of Killing Pro-Aristide Supporters
Allan Nairn, Inter Press Service English News Wire - He's our S.O.B. (Emannuel Constant, leader of FRAPH in Haiti) (Editorial) by The Nation
- Haiti-U.S.: Cia Paper Names Fraph Chief As Killer Of Minister
Dan Coughlin, Inter Press Service English News Wire - Haiti-U.S.: U.S. Says It's Delaying Deportation Of Fraph Leader
Yvette Collymore, Inter Press Service English News Wire - Haiti: Emmanuel "Toto" Constant
Press Release: Center for Justice & Accountability - National Liberation Front
(FRAPH and military involvement in February 2004 Coup)
From: globalsecurity.org
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