Victor Marquez was traveling to his hometown in Querétero, Mexico, to pay for his new home only to have the money seized by police who alleged it was drug money. During the May 5, 2008, traffic stop in Loxley, Ala., a police officer confiscated more than $19,000 from Marquez even though he earned a majority of the money by working the bean harvest in south Florida. Marquez was not charged. The Southern Poverty Law Center has taken legal action seeking the return of the money.