A former Haitian death squad leader living in the United States has been found liable in a civil case brought by several of his victims. On Wednesday, a judge ruled against Emmanuel “Toto” Constant because he failed to meet a deadline to respond to the case. The suit was launched in December 2004 by a group of women who suffered gang rape and other abuses from Constant’s forces. Constant led the paramilitary group the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti, or FRAPH, which killed thousands of supporters of former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide. He 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.