A former Haitian death squad leader who is now living in New York City has been sued by three Haitian women. They accused Emmanuel “Toto” Constant of torture, crimes against humanity and the systematic use of violence against women to terrorize the Haitian population in the early 1990s. Constant served as the leader of the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti or FRAPH. Human rights group estimate that between 1991 and 1994, FRAPH killed thousands of supporters of Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Constant has since admitted that at the time he was on the payroll of the CIA. Since 1996 he has lived in Queens New York.
CIA-Backed Haitian Death Squad Leader Sued for War Crimes
HeadlineJan 18, 2005