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TAPIERO DE OREJUELA v. GONZALES

No. 03-4077.

423 F.3d 666 (2005)

Jaidibe TAPIERO DE OREJUELA, Juan Jose Orejuela Tapiero, Carlos Andres Orejuela, and Saul Orejuela, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mirna Adjami (argued), Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center Travelers and Immigrants Aid, Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., Paul Fiorino (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Jaidibe Tapiero de Orejuela and her three sons, Saul Alberto, Carlos Andres, and Juan Jose, fled Colombia after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, standing for Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia) murdered Jaidibe's husband and the father of her children and then continued its threats on the family. The Orejuelas applied for asylum based on their persecution as members of the educated, wealthy, landowning class in Colombia that opposed...

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