ORTIZ-PUENTES v. HOLDER

Nos. 10-2793, 11-1308.

662 F.3d 481 (2011)

Malaquias ORTIZ-PUENTES; Juan Ortiz-Puentes; Mari Consuelo Ortiz-Puentes, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Lorn Hoppock , argued, Kansas City, MO, for petitioner.

Lindsay M. Murphy , Trial Attorney, OIL, argued, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before LOKEN, BEAM, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners are three siblings, citizens of Guatemala, who attempted to enter the United States in December 2004 and were placed in removal proceedings. Conceding removability, they applied for asylum and withholding of removal, claiming past persecution and a well-founded fear of future persecution by "criminal gangs which control most of Guatemala now" based upon petitioners' political opinion and...

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