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in d in g th a t E s c o b ar - M e jiaf a ile dto e s tab lis h p a s t p e r s e c u tio n o raw e llf ounde d f e arof pe r s e c ut i on on a c c ountof a n a c tua l ori m put e d pol i t i c a l opi ni on or a n yo th e rp r o te c te dg r o u n d . Se e O c h a v e v . I NS , 25 4 F . 3d 85 9, 86 5-66 (9th C i r. 20 01 ) ( no nexu s betw ee n rape by gueri l l as and a prot ec t ed grou nd ). S ub st ant i al ev i d en ce al so sup p o rt s th e ag en cy’ s fi n d i n g th atE sco b ar-M ej i a fai l edt o est ab l i sh th a tth e g o v e rn me n ti s u n w i l l i n g o ru n ab l e t o p r o t e c th i m. See N ah rv an iv. G on zales , 399 F . 3d 1148, 1154 ( 9th C i r . 2005) ( G e rm an pol i c e t ook r e port s a nd i n v est i g at edi n ci d en t s, b u tw ere u n ab l e t o so l v e th e cri m es). A cco rd i n g l y, E s c o b a r - M e

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r e tu rn e dto G u a te m a la . See Si laya v. Mukasey , 5 2 4 F .3 d1 0 6 6 , 1 0 7 3 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 8 ) . P E T I T I ON F OR RE V I E W DE NI E D.