Andrade v. Lynch
Petitioner, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitioned for review of the BIA's affirmance of the IJ's denial of his application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. The BIA held that petitioner had not established a likelihood that he would be tortured upon his return to El Salvador, or that its government would perpetrate or turn a blind eye to the torture. The court concluded that substantial evidence supported the BIA’s denial of relief on the ground that defendant’s individual characteristics, being deported from a richer country and bearing non-gang tattoos, failed to establish a probability of torture upon his return to El Salvador. Accordingly, the court denied the petition. View "Andrade v. Lynch" on Justia Law