Law360, New York (October 24, 2016, 4:03 PM EDT) -- The First Circuit ruled Friday that the Board of Immigration Appeals correctly denied a Colombian woman's petition to reopen her deportation proceedings, agreeing that she failed to demonstrate a connection between her family’s involvement in the narcotics trade and violence committed against her cousins. In an opinion penned by Chief Circuit Judge Jeffrey R. Howard, the three-judge panel said the BIA did not abuse its discretion in finding that Claudia Milena Giraldo-Pabon failed to show she could establish the necessary nexus between the feared persecution she claimed she would suffer in Colombia and her membership in her family. The panel noted...

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