A former manager of a Taco Bell in Indianapolis is suing the company because she says they fired her for hiring Hispanics, according to Fox Latino.

Juanita O'Connell, 60, is a Mexican-American who began working at Taco Bell in 1987, said her superior approached her one day and told her not to hire Latino employees.

She continued to do so and, two weeks after the incident, was fired.

O'Connell is suing for back pay and damages in federal court, according to the Huffington Post.

"My client was working at one of the Taco Bell stores here in Indianapolis and her area coach basically came up to her and told her she needed to quit hiring Latinos," O'Connell's attorney Joel Paul told the Huffington Post. "And she continued to hire Latinos because she thought that was discriminatory."

Paul told ThinkProgress, "She does have a witness who was present when he made that statement."

Taco Bell responded to the Huffington Post by saying it was a serious situation.

"While we haven't been served with the complaint, these are very serious allegations and, if true, are not a reflection of our culture or standards," Taco Bell spokesman Rob Poetsch said in an email. "We've launched an investigation to get the facts."

O'Connell alleges that two weeks after her superior told her not to hire Latinos, he came back saying she had hired an undocumented worker and that there was an E-verify violation. E-verify is the system used by the government that can verify the status of an individual and ascertain undocumented immigrants attempting to gain work illegally.

"They wrote her up, and two or three hours later that same day, they fired her," Paul said.

The complaint also alleges a Title VII violation -- which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex and other characteristics, according to ThinkProgress.

The complaint was filed Wednesday in federal court.