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Article: Do DEA field agents have the power to unilaterally execute a trans-border abduction? The Ninth Circuit's take on Alvarez-Machain v. United States.(Drug Enforcement Agency)
- Article from:
- Houston Journal of International Law
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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I. CASE RECITATION
A. Facts
1. DEA Agent Camarena and DEA Informant
Zavala's abduction and murder
2. Alvarez's Abduction
B. Procedural Posture
1. Alvarez's Criminal Trial
2. Alvarez's Civil Action
II. ANALYSIS
A. The Alien Tort Claims Act
B. The Federal Tort Claims Act
III. CONCLUSION
Do United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents have the power to unilaterally abduct a criminal suspect from a friendly nation without that country's consent? To what extent does the Executive branch have to authorize such operations so that the conduct of the federal agents ceases to be a tortious ...