Rivera-Barrientos v. Holder

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Minta del Carmen Rivera Barrientos suffered a brutal attack at the hands of gang members in her native country of El Salvador. She escaped to the United States and now seeks asylum. She contends she is eligible for asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 because she has faced past *644persecution on account of her political opinion' — opposition to gangs — and her membership in a particular social group— young females who have resisted gang recruitment. The BIA argues that the attack was not on account of her political opinion and that she is not a member of a cognizable social…