GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
In April 1990 the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) orchestrated the abduction and torture of Dr. Alvarez-Machain, a Mexican doctor, and transported him to the United States for prosecution for the murder of a DEA agent in Mexico. The criminal case ended when the district court granted a judgment of acquittal.
Alvarez-Machain returned to Mexico and filed this civil action against the United States and its agents under 42 U...
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