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19 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
26 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - SGBV - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - Guatemala - United States of America
8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
31 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
11 June 1999 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - SGBV | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
Appeal dismissed as the applicant was not able to establish that he would have a well-founded fear of persecution in other parts of the country.
21 February 1997 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
Decision overturned by Matter of R-A-, Int. Dec. 3403 (BIA 1999), vacated (A.G. 2001).
20 September 1996 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - SGBV | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America