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Ted Cruz: “The lead case in this line of cases is a case called the…”

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And there's a line of cases that's known as the Ker Frisbee doctrine, which, which says that, that unlawful abductions of criminals on foreign soil does not stop the criminal prosecution of those individuals in U.S. courts. And The lead case in this line of cases is a case called the United States versus Alvarez Machene. It was a 1992 ruling and the Supreme Court 63 concluded that a Mexican national who was forcibly abducted in Mexico from his home, brought to the United States, that he could be criminally prosecuted. (47:39–47:46)

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Asserts that U.S. v. Alvarez Machene is a key case supporting prosecution despite illegal abductions.

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