Informant38

Alerte Belance, as horrendous as her wounds were:

Emmanuel "Toto" Constant led the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti, or FRAPH. Human rights groups estimate FRAPH killed thousands of supporters of Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Constant has since admitted he was on the payroll of the CIA and has lived in New York for the last decade.

In November 2000, Constant was convicted in absentia by a Haitian high court for his involvement in the 1994 Raboteau Massacre. Two years ago he was sued in federal court on behalf of three women who said his soldiers beat and gang-raped women in Haiti.

Despite a deportation order, Constant has been allowed to stay in the US since he threatened to reveal the extent of his ties with the CIA.

Ives/Laforest/DemocracyNow! - 13.Jul.06
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Walking On Fire
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CIA/Haiti
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Bay kou bliye
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

1. This is an action for compensatory and punitive damages for gross violations of plaintiff Alerte Belance's internationally protected human rights.
Defendant, the Front Pour L'Avancement et le Progres Haitien (Front for Advancement and Progress of Haiti) (hereinafter, FRAPH), kidnapped, tortured and attempted to murder plaintiff as part of its ongoing program to eliminate supporters of President Aristide, brutalize the pro-democracy movement in Haiti and intimidate the population.

Project DIANA : Alerte Belance v. Front Pour L'Avancement