Emmanuel Constant

Emmanuel Constant ( born October 27, 1956) is the founder of the paramilitary organization FRAPH (Front pour le Progres Revolutionaire Armé d' Haïti) in Haiti was used to terrorize supporters of exiled President Jean -Bertrand Aristide.

From October 1991 to October 1994, Haiti was ruled by the dictator Raoul Cedras, under which there were numerous human rights violations committed by the Haitian army and the FRAPH. During this time, Constant was Secretary General of FRAPH.

Emmanuel Constant was on the CIA payroll since 1992. According to the CIA, the relationship is said to have ended in mid-1994. The U.S. Embassy in Haiti was, however, in October 1994, publicly announced that Constant was still on the payroll of the CIA.

Constant was the Haitian Justice Minister Guy Malary, who was shot on October 14, 1993 together with his bodyguard and driver in an ambush out, participated in the murder. According to a CIA memorandum of 28 October 1993, which was published on the Center for Constitutional Rights, the FRAPH members Louis- Jodel Chamblain, Emmanuel Constant, and Gabriel Douzable met on the morning of October 14 with an unidentified military officer to discuss plans for the assassination of Malary.

American troops allowed the end of 1994 the return of the democratically elected government of Aristide. In December 1994, the Haitian government issued an arrest warrant for Constant. This then fled to the Dominican Republic. December 24, 1994 Constant traveled in the United States. Due to public protests, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization authorities launched a deportation process.

Constant in 1995 arrested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and prepared for delivery to Haiti to face the charges regarding his involvement in the Raboteau massacre. In an interview in December 1995 with Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes, Constant threatened to secrets regarding the involvement of the CIA during the early 90s, divulging.

Under the direction of Bill Clinton's Constant was released in May 1996.

Constant was convicted on 16 November 2000 by a Haitian court for participation in the Raboteau massacre in absentia to life imprisonment.

Emmanuel Constant now lives in Queens, New York, NY. Extradition requests of the Haitian government were rejected by the United States President Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

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