Word: machain
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Much was made of the dismissal by a Los Angeles federal judge of charges against Dr. Humberto Alvarez Machain in the 1985 torture-murder of D.E.A. agent Enrique Camarena. But the prosecution did not come away completely empty-handed. Alvarez's co-defendant, Ruben Zuno Arce, a Mexican businessman and brother-in-law of former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, was convicted in the same court. According to the jury, Zuno helped plan Camarena's kidnapping and was present while he was tortured. He could receive life...
Although the kidnapping of Humberto Alvarez Machain, a Guadalajara gynecologist, severely strained U.S.-Mexican relations, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could be tried in Los Angeles. Now, though, he has been freed by District Judge Edward Rafeedie, who ruled that there was no direct evidence that Alvarez participated in the 1985 murder of Drug Enforcement Administration operative Enrique Camarena. Alvarez admitted being in the house where Camarena was tortured and killed, but a Mexican policeman reported to the American FBI that another physician had also been there. Mexican President Salinas hailed Alvarez's release as a "correction...
...case involved Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain, a gynecologist who two years ago was dragged from his Guadalajara office by Mexican bounty hunters, flown to El Paso and handed over to agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Alvarez-Machain still awaits trial in Los Angeles on federal charges of conspiring to torture and kill dea agent Enrique Camarena, kidnapped and murdered in Guadalajara in 1985. The doctor allegedly injected Camarena with lidocaine, which kept his heart going to prolong his torture and interrogation by Mexican officials and drug kingpins...
Next on trial will be Humberto Alvarez Machain, a Guadalajara physician accused of giving medicine to Camarena during the torture sessions so he would survive until his questioning was complete. The capture of Alvarez, who was tracked down by Mexican bounty hunters and delivered to DEA agents in El Paso, has caused a rift between the U.S. and Mexico. The Mexican government is demanding the arrest and extradition of the DEA agent who masterminded the snatch. Retorts U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh: "It's a mistake for the government of Mexico not to cooperate ((in bringing)) to justice those persons...
While Alvarez Machain's testimony could shed light on Camarena's death, his clandestine delivery to El Paso, kept secret from the government of President Carlos Salinas, has aggravated already tense U.S.-Mexican relations. Last week, as word of his capture leaked out, Mexican newspapers and politicians let loose a torrent of protest against high-handed Yanqui tactics. "The intervention in Mexican territory, once again, is extremely dangerous for the sovereignty of the nation," complained the national daily Excelsior. Unfazed by the diplomatic heat, DEA agents hint that more snatches may be in the works. They plan...