Jose Santos v. Linda Thomas

OPINION

NGUYEN, Circuit Judge:

Jose Munoz Santos (“Munoz”) appeals the district court’s denial of habeas relief from a magistrate judge’s order certifying his extradition to Mexico on kidnapping charges. He argues that the magistrate judge erroneously excluded evidence that two witnesses, who had provided key incul-patory statements, later recanted and stated that their statements were obtained by torture. We find no error. The evidence of torture was, as Munoz concedes, inextricably intertwined with the witnesses’ recantations. As a result, considering the witnesses’ claims of torture would…