Pedro Rivas-Pena v. Jefferson Sessions III

Hamilton, Circuit Judge.

*948 Pedro Rivas-Pena has been a lawful permanent resident of the United States and is a citizen of Mexico. He faces removal to Mexico because of a state drug-trafficking conviction. He has applied for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture, alleging that he fears returning to Mexico because members of Los Zetas cartel consider him responsible for the loss of drugs and currency worth more than half a million dollars. An immigration judge dismissed as "speculative" Rivas-Pena's fear of retribution from the cartel, denied his application for Convention…