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Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 98-60447 Summary Calendar MERCEDES CAMPOS-ORTIZ, Petitioner, versus IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. - - - - - - - - - - Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals A74-297-994 - - - - - - - - - - September 13, 1999 Before REAVLEY, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Mercedes Campos-Ortiz, a native and a citizen of El Salvador, seeks review of an order by the Board of Immigration
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 98-60447 Summary Calendar MERCEDES CAMPOS-ORTIZ, Petitioner, versus IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. - - - - - - - - - - Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals A74-297-994 - - - - - - - - - - September 13, 1999 Before REAVLEY, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Mercedes Campos-Ortiz, a native and a citizen of El Salvador, seeks review of an order by the Board of Immigration ..
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-60447
Summary Calendar
MERCEDES CAMPOS-ORTIZ,
Petitioner,
versus
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,
Respondent.
- - - - - - - - - -
Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
A74-297-994
- - - - - - - - - -
September 13, 1999
Before REAVLEY, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Mercedes Campos-Ortiz, a native and a citizen of El
Salvador, seeks review of an order by the Board of Immigration
Appeals (BIA) which adopted the decision of the immigration judge
denying her application for asylum and for the withholding of
deportation. She argues that, should she return to El Salvador,
she would be persecuted on account of her political views and her
membership in a particular social group (i.e., her family). For
the reasons assigned, we must deny her petition.
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
No. 98-60447
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On July 20, 1995, the Immigration and Naturalization Service
issued a show cause order asserting that Campos was subject to
deportation because she had entered the United States without
inspection. At the subsequent hearing Campos testified that in
May 1993, former guerrillas came to her home looking to recruit
her. She stated that, in the wake of the 1992 peace accords, the
guerrillas had not disbanded but had instead turned to crime.
Campos advised the court that she narrowly escaped being abducted
by the guerrillas when her neighbors intervened. She stated
that, shortly thereafter, she had fled the country. According to
her parents, the guerrillas have subsequently returned several
times looking for her.
The BIA credited Campos’s account, but found that she had
failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution on any
of the five grounds recognized for asylum –- race, religion,
nationality, membership in a particular social group, or
political opinion. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A); Jukic v. INS,
40 F.3d 747 (5th Cir. 1994).
Our review of the record and the briefs persuades that the
decision of the BIA is supported by substantial evidence.
Carbajal-Gonzalez v. INS,
78 F.3d 194 (5th Cir. 1996).
The petition for review is DENIED.