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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 13, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes a a a Page 3 abduction ruled los Angeles apr a mexican doctor accused in the torture slaying of an undercover . Drug agent must be returned Home because Federal agents illegally ordered his kidnapping a judge ruled. The abduction has soured diplomatic relations Between the United states and Mexico which accused . Officials of encroaching on mexican sovereignty and threatened to Cut off anti drug cooperation. Or. Humberto Alvarez Machain was brought from Guadalajara to los Angeles in april to face prosecution in the 1985 death of drug enforcement administration agent Enrique Camarena. . District judge Edward Rafeedie ruled Friday that the United states violated its extradition treaty with Mexico when Aba operatives kidnapped the doctor from his office at gunpoint. Rafeedie said the court lacked jurisdiction to try Alvarez. But he imposed a we Klong stay on his order that the doctor be returned to give assistant . Attorney William Fahey time to consider an Appeal. Justice department officials had no immediate comment on the ruling. Rafeedie warned the Dea that such violations would not be tolerated even if they Are committed to curb International drug trafficking. The judge said he was not dismissing any charges against Alvarez but ruled the Case could not be tried in the United states. It was not Clear what Alvarez s Fate would be in Mexico where he currently faces no charges. The mexican attorney general a office has said it wants to question him about possible crimes Alvarez was spirited out of Mexico by people paid by the Dea. In the United states he faced charges he administered drugs to revive Camarena for questioning while he was being tortured. A the Dea gave the go ahead for the abduction Quot Rafeedie said. Quot this command was approved at the highest Levels of the Dea. The United states attorney general a office was  he rejected a government Contention that the Dea was not responsible because its agents did not personally Kidnap Alvarez. A the United states is responsible for the actions of its paid  the judge said. A a a we a a in Dea Case Alvarez s lawyer Robert Steinberg said he feared the ruling would be appealed All he Way to the . Supreme court. Quot my fear is they re going to take these appeals for years while he Alvarez rots in  the Justice department said earlier that it was pressing its investigation into the 1985 torture murder of Camarena and his Pilot Alfredo Zavala avatar. Four men were recently convicted three on charges of kidnapping Camarena and one on charges of killing two american tourists mistaken for Dea agents. Three others were convicted in 1988 on charges of involvement in the murder. More than two dozen peo pie have been convicted in Mexico. In another development in the Camarena Case a Feldic ordered an investigation into possible jury tampering during the most recent trial. The action came after defense lawyer Martin Stolar refused to answer Ravec Dick a questions about whether he had social contacts with a court stenographer during the trial. A these arc factors that create in the courts mind a cause to inquire whether there has been any tampering with this jury and whether there was an attempt to improperly use a member of Fth court staff a Rafeedie said. A residents of a House on Staten Island View the damage to their property after Friday afternoons Tornado. Besides uprooting Trees the storm inflicted other extensive  twister blasts area of Staten Island new York not a a Tornado born of a waterspout swirling in lower new York Harbor spun ashore in Southeastern Staten Bland on Friday afternoon toppling dozens of use pepping out windows and dispatching debris through the air and garbage pails Down the streets. Residents of about two dozen Homes along Fremont Avenue in the  Beach Section of the Borough were evacuated and their Street was cordoned Ott by the police As workers from the Brooklyn Union Gas co. Repaired two Gas lines that were snapped when Trees were uprooted. At the same time electricity to about 70 Homes in the area was Cut because of fallen Power lines. Only two minor injuries were reported however. The Tornado started As a waterspout a a Lubecke column of water swirling up from the surface a Over lower new York Bay just off Staten Island said Bob stalker a meteorologist with the National weather service. Calling the twister a a one in a million Fluke a stalker said a the usual dynamics to produce such a thing were not present today. So i can to explain  a there was a Roar like i never heard before a said Caroline Doherty who was a right near the front windows of her Home when the Tornado struck Ghoul t45 . �?o1 thought the whole House was going to come Down. The wind rattled All the windows a Doherty said. A i just grabbed my son Anthony a he a a year old a and backed away from the window. I saw branches snap off Trees. Garbage pails rolling All Over the place. My husband said he saw stuff in the air going around in a  a fire department spokesman Austin Caulfield said the areas surrounding Grant  and Greeley Lincoln and Fremont avenues were hardest hit. At one House on Fremont Avenue three Sycamore Trees a 5ft to Foft feet High a leaned Practa Sously against the roof and upper wind j of a torrent of Rainwater left the sleet under it inches of water  
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