Illegal Cavity Search in New Mexico Goes to Court
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Depends if it was troopers of deputies. If deputies it's the taxpayers of a county that has to foot the bill.
That is just wrong. You want the tests done, you pay.
Of course, if it was not legal, they will wind up paying anyhow. Of course these allegations have not yet been proven in court.
The investigation was in depth.
Bet walking was funny.
Oh yeah and during these exams air is pumped in to expand the area.
After 8 exams he would be Bad Wind Walking.
It would be broken down into a number of violations.
From illegal search, to multiples of break and enter.
New Mexico man wins $1.6M after three enemas, colonoscopy show he didn't have drugs
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First posted: Thursday, January 16, 2014 04:35 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014 04:40 PM EST
A New Mexico man has been awarded $1.6 million after he was subjected to three enemas and a colonoscopy after police pulled him over for failing to stop at a stop sign.
Police said they suspected David Eckert had drugs.
He did not.
Eckert was pulled over Jan. 2, 2013, while exiting a Walmart parking lot, Reuters reported in June when the lawsuit was filed. A police dog alerted officers to the presence of drugs and Eckert was arrested. Doctors at the first hospital officers took him to refused to do the examination, but staff at a second hospital did it.
He underwent a total of eight searches -- including digital penetration of his anus, three enemas, two X-rays and a colonoscopy.
The Albuquerque Journal reported Eckert was awarded $1.6 million from the city and county for authorizing the examination. A lawsuit against the doctors is ongoing.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed to pay $475,000 to a New Mexico woman who accused agents of forcing her to undergo body cavity probes and then got charged for the exams, civil liberties advocates said Thursday.
The settlement in the case, which drew national attention three years ago, also will require new training for hundreds of customs officers, American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Texas and New Mexico said.
The woman, a 54-year-old U.S. citizen, was "brutally" searched by agents in December 2012 after a drug-sniffing dog jumped on her at an El Paso checkpoint, according to a 2013 lawsuit. The woman, who was not named, was returning from a visit with a recently deported family friend in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico.
Agents strip-searched her and did cavity searches but found no evidence of drugs, court documents said.
The woman was transported in handcuffs to the University Medical Center of El Paso, where she was subjected to an observed bowel movement, a CT scan and ******l exams without a warrant, the lawsuit said. No drugs were found on the woman despite six hours of intrusive searches, the ACLU said.
The hospital then charged her $5,000 for the tests, her attorney said. University Medical Center settled with the woman for $1.1 million in 2014.
CBP officers are expected to "conduct their duties in a professional manner and to treat each traveler with dignity and respect," according to the agency's website. The website says agents "use diverse factors to refer individuals for targeted examinations."
A Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed the settlement.
"The settlement should not be taken as an admission of liability or fault."
US woman given body cavity searches at border settles case
The settlement in the case, which drew national attention three years ago, also will require new training for hundreds of customs officers, American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Texas and New Mexico said.
The woman, a 54-year-old U.S. citizen, was "brutally" searched by agents in December 2012 after a drug-sniffing dog jumped on her at an El Paso checkpoint, according to a 2013 lawsuit. The woman, who was not named, was returning from a visit with a recently deported family friend in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico.
Agents strip-searched her and did cavity searches but found no evidence of drugs, court documents said.
The woman was transported in handcuffs to the University Medical Center of El Paso, where she was subjected to an observed bowel movement, a CT scan and ******l exams without a warrant, the lawsuit said. No drugs were found on the woman despite six hours of intrusive searches, the ACLU said.
The hospital then charged her $5,000 for the tests, her attorney said. University Medical Center settled with the woman for $1.1 million in 2014.
CBP officers are expected to "conduct their duties in a professional manner and to treat each traveler with dignity and respect," according to the agency's website. The website says agents "use diverse factors to refer individuals for targeted examinations."
A Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed the settlement.
"The settlement should not be taken as an admission of liability or fault."
US woman given body cavity searches at border settles case