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Parties Involved:
Eric H. Holder, Jr., U. S. Attorney General
Respondent
Jose Guadalupe Vasquez Alvarado
Petitioner

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-60028

Summary Calendar

JOSE GUADALUPE VASQUEZ ALVARADO,

Petitioner

v.

ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,

Respondent

Petition for Review of an Order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

BIA No. A200 938 977

Before JOLLY, BARKSDALE, and OWEN, Circuit Judges:

PER CURIAM:*

Jose Guadalupe Vasquez Alvarado, his wife, and his three children, all 

natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of a Board of Immigration 

Appeals decision dismissing their applications for asylum, withholding of 

removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), based on 

threats that Vasquez received during a property dispute. They do not 

challenge dismissal of the asylum or withholding-of-removal claims; therefore,

* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. 

R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 30, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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these claims are waived. E.g., Zhu v. Gonzales, 493 F.3d 588, 593 n.10 (5th 

Cir. 2007).

Review of factual findings underlying the conclusion that an alien is not 

eligible for relief under CAT is conducted pursuant to the substantial-evidence 

standard. Chen v. Gonzales, 470 F.3d 1131, 1134 (5th Cir. 2006) (citations 

omitted). Under that standard, we may not reverse unless “the evidence 

supports a contrary conclusion . . . [and] compels it”. Id. (emphasis in original) 

(citation and internal quotation marks omitted).

Petitioners assert: they are likely to be tortured if they return to Mexico; 

and the Mexican government will disregard such torture. The evidence, 

however, shows: criminals extorted Vasquez once; and, although these 

criminals do not possess the deed they demanded from Vasquez, they control 

the land to which the deed applies. The conclusory assertion that Vasquez or 

his family will be tortured if they return to Mexico and that such torture will 

be with the consent or acquiescence of the Mexican government is insufficient 

to compel a conclusion different from that reached by the BIA. 

DENIED.

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