United States v. Alvarez-Machain
United States Supreme Court
504 U.S. 655 (1992)
Relevant factsFree
Alvarez was forcibly kidnapped from his medical office in Mexico and flown to Texas to face charges connected to the kidnapping and murder of a DEA agent, and the district court and court of appeals held that although the Extradition Treaty did not expressly prohibit such abduction, it violated the treaty's purpose and thus deprived U.S. courts of jurisdiction, ordering his repatriation to Mexico.
IssueFree
Whether a State may enforce the terms of an international treaty against a foreign national when it gained jurisdiction over that person by means other than those prescribed by the treaty.