Appellate Court Affirms and Extends Ability of Kidnapped Mexican Physician to Sue for Abuses

On February 19, 1997, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit filed an amended opinion, affirming and even extending the right of Humberto Alvarez-Machain to sue for alleged human rights abuses as a result of his kidnapping from his office in Mexico and mistreatment in pre-trial detention in the U.S. ... [more]