Legal Opinion
Santiago Nahun Ontunez-Tursios v. John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2002No. 00-60650PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Honduran citizen Santiago Nahun Ontu-nez-Turcios appeals the denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“Act”) and *345the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“Convention”), arguing that his efforts as part of a Honduran land collective make him a “refugee.” The immigration judge and Board of Immigration Appeals held that Ontunez’s evidence only demonstrated that his land conflict was private and economic in nature, that…
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3Cited by129 opinions
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