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151226P.pdf   04/28/2016  Israel Felipe Lira Saldana  v.  Loretta E. Lynch
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1226
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals   
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken and Murphy, Circuit Judges] Petition for Review - Immigration. The Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of asylum relief is affirmed on the alternative grounds that petitioners failed to show, with respect to their claim of persecution by a private actors, that the government of Mexico either condoned the conduct or was unable to protect the victims; the record showed the police acted on the complaints of home invasion and abduction and continued to investigate the matters; further, the government of Mexico has devoted substantial resources to controlling criminal organizations, such as the Matazeta gang which committed crimes against petitioners' family; the Board's conclusion that it was reasonable for petitioners to relocate within Mexico to avoid a threat of persecution by the Matazetas was supported by the evidence in the record; because the Board permissibly rejected petitioners' claim for asylum, it follows they did not meet the stricter requirements for withholding of removal; denial of CAT relief affirmed. Judge Murphy, dissenting.