Palma-Mazariegos v. Gonzales

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• finding that the lack of reported violence directed toward a protected group helps to refute a claimed fear of future persecution
• noting that to the extent that “violence and human rights abuses still occur in Guatemala,” the threat exists generally “regardless of ... membership a particular group or class”
• finding the peace accords effectively removed the source of the Guatemalan asylum-seeker’s fear of persecution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).