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MALDONADO-CRUZ v. U.S. DEPT. OF IMM. & NATURALIZATION

No. 88-7036.

883 F.2d 788 (1989)

Juan A. MALDONADO-CRUZ, a/k/a Hugo Deras-Espinoza, Petitioner, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Rosenthal, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Marshall Golding, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before WALLACE, TANG and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.

TANG, Circuit Judge:

Juan A. Maldonado-Cruz ("Maldonado") petitions for review a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the denial of political asylum and withholding of deportation. Because the decision of the BIA was incorrect as a matter of law, we reverse.

I. Factual Background

Maldonado had been employed as an agricultural worker near his hometown of La Reyna which is located in northern El Salvador. One day in...

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