GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: In April 1990 the United States Drag Enforcement Agency (DEA) orchestrated the abduction and torture of Dr. Alvarez-Ma-chain, 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 actio…
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