Sanchez Jimenez v. U.S. Attorney General

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• concluding that an alien was persecuted when a revolutionary group attempted to murder him by shooting at his moving car
• concluding that attempted murder in which FARC shot at alien while he traveled in his car was “sufficiently extreme” to constitute persecution despite lack of physical injury
• concluding that attempted murder in which FARC shot at alien while he traveled in his car was “sufficiently ‘extreme’ ” to constitute persecution despite lack of physical injury
• holding that the record compelled a finding of past persecution where petitioner had received repeated death threats, almost had his daughter kidnapped, and was shot at multiple times while in a moving car
• holding that petitioner demonstrated that his persecution was motivated at least in part by a protected ground because, although the FARC did demand financial support from him, it also targeted him because of his political activities
• holding death threats, attempt to murder noncitizen by shooting at his moving car, and attempt to kidnap his daughter compelled finding of past persecution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).