Antonio Flor Chanco Maria Ofelia San Miguel Chanco v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

How courts have described this case

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• holding that dangers faced solely due to employment as police officer do not constitute persecution
• holding that prosecution of illegal acts was not due to petitioner’s political opinion
• “Although prosecution for a common law crime will not ordinarily constitute persecution, a showing of disproportionate punishment may support a claim that the prosecution is a pretext for persecution on account of political opinion”
• current membership in mili- tary group targeted by guerrillas does not constitute a particular social group
• “Prosecution for participation in a coup does not constitute persecution on account of political opinion when peaceful means of protest are available for which the alien would not face punishment.”
• “Although prosecution for a common law crime will not ordinarily constitute persecution, a show- ing of disproportionate punishment may support a claim that the prosecution is a pretext for persecution on account of political opinion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).