Political Asylum

The Ninth Circuit found that a Mexican policeman who received two death threats from the Sinaloa cartel does not deserve political asylum because he did not prove he was tortured in the past, or that it was more likely than not he would be tortured after deportation.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit found that a Mexican policeman who received two death threats from the Sinaloa cartel does not deserve political asylum because he did not prove he was tortured in the past, or that it was more likely than not he would be tortured after deportation.

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