U.S. v. LOPEZ-ALVAREZ

No. 88-5421.

970 F.2d 583 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul LOPEZ-ALVAREZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elsa Leyva, Torrance, Cal., for the defendant-appellant.

John J. Carlton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Raul Lopez-Alvarez, a former Mexican state police officer, and two co-defendants1 were convicted after a two-month jury trial of charges stemming from the kidnappings and murders of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena-Salazar and DEA informant Alfredo Zavala. The principal evidence against Lopez-Alvarez consisted of videotaped admissions he made to Abel Reynoso, an undercover...

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