Legal Opinion
Alvarez-Machain v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2001No. Nos. 99-56762, 99-56880PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
The appeal and cross-appeals in this case challenge a number of rulings in the litigation which followed the arrest of Humberto Alvarez-Machain (“Alvarez”) at his office in Guadalajara by Mexican civilians, including Jose Francisco Sosa (“Sosa”), at the behest of United States Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) agents.
FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Alvarez is a medical doctor. He practices in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. In February, 1985, DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena-Salazar (“Camarena”) was abducted and brought to Guadalajara, tortured, and murdered. Alvarez was…
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