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Judge Sardelli Denial of Asylum (Indigenous Guatemalan Woman)

Respondent was not persecuted on account of race because drug trafficking organizations permeate the border region with Mexico and indigenous communities are also located in the area. The drug trafficking organizations seek to control their areas through threats, extortion and killings. But the actions of the drug trafficking organizations are not because of the race of the victims, but because the drug trafficking organizations are exerting control in a geographic area.