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· 7/25/2003

Ramiro Melecio-Saquil v. John Ashcroft

Citations

  • 337 F.3d 983
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 14824
  • 2003 WL 21715009

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  • noting that an asylum applicant does not always have to corroborate his own testimony
  • noting that an asylum applicant does not always have to corroborate his own testimony
  • noting that an asylum applicant does not always have to corroborate his own testimony
  • changes in Guatemalan conditions following 1996 peace accords greatly increased likelihood that asylum applicant could find safe place to live upon his return
  • where State Department reports on Guatemala did not assert that guerrillas continued to attack former Civil Patrol members or others who refused to join them, reports did not establish alien’s claim of well-founded fear of persecution on account of political opinion

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Judges: Hansen, Loken, Smith

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