Santa Fe, NM

Santa Fe, NM: (Jul-31-07) Francisco "Kiko" Martinez of Alamosa, CO, an activist attorney, filed two federal lawsuits alleging that he was illegally detained at traffic stops in New Mexico, Colorado, and Illinois because his name appeared on an FBI terrorist-watch list. The suit claimed that at all three stops, officers detained Martinez without probable cause or reasonable suspicion of a crime. Martinez, an activist in the Chicano movement, alleged he was improperly added to a terrorist watch list because of crimes for which he was charged in 1973. His name was cleared of those allegations in the 1980s. He was also accused of mailing three package bombs in Denver, to a police officer, a school board member, and a motorcycle shop. None exploded. In a settlement reached, Martinez received $106,500, which included $45,000 from the federal government. Defendants agreed to pay his share of mediation expenses but that amount wasn't specified. [CBS NEWS: TERRORIST ARREST]

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Published on Aug-2-07