A CASE GOING BACK TO 2013 IS SETTLED BETWEEN THE ACLU IN NEW MEXICO AND U-S CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. A NEW MEXICO WOMAN IN HER 50S WAS DETAINED AS SHE RETURNED FROM MEXICO. AGENTS THOUGHT SHE HAD DRUGS ON HER AND A SERIES OF CAVITY SEARCHES WERE DONE AT THE BORDER STATION THEN AGAIN AT A HOSPITAL IN EL PASO.
MICAH MCCOY WITH THE A-C-L-U IN NEW MEXICO SAYS THE SEARCHES WERE TRAUMATIC AND DONE WITHOUT A WARRANT OR CONSENT.
THE SETTLEMENT CALLS FOR A PAYMENT OF 475-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE WOMAN. THE HOSPITAL IN EL PASO HAS ALREADY PAID OUT 1-POINT-1 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE WOMAN. NO DRUGS WERE EVER FOUND.
