ACLU: DEA VIOLATED ARMENIAN COUPLE’S RIGHTS
By: Associated Press

KOB-TV, NM
Aug. 22, 2006

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico
has sued the US Drug Enforcement Administration and two law enforcement
officers.

The group contends an Armenian couple whose Amtrak train stopped in
Albuquerque last year was illegally searched and roughed up.

The ACLU filed the lawsuit Monday in US District Court in Albuquerque
on behalf of Diana Arutinova and her partner, Edgar Manukian.

The Burbank, California, residents are seeking unspecified compensatory
and punitive damages.

Special Agent Steve Robertson, a spokesman for the DEA, says the
agency doesn’t comment on pending litigation. Robertson says it’s
unfair to the parties involved.