8th Circ. Says Guerrilla Threats Don't Necessitate Asylum

By Kelly Knaub (March 25, 2016, 6:20 PM EDT) -- The Eighth Circuit on Friday ruled that the Board of Immigration Appeals properly denied a Guatemalan man's bid for asylum because he failed to show how threats made by guerrillas in the 1990s and later by gang members constituted past persecution, saying the decision was supported by substantial evidence....

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