CA1: Columbian petition denied

Restrepo Ruiz v. Mukasey, No. 07-1783.  This is an asylum and  political persecution case.  The petitioner is a Columbian who was anti-FARC and a member of Columbia’s conservative party.  FARC seems to have done some bad things.  However, Selya says that her “persecution” wasn’t really because she was part of a social group with immutable characteristics.  Selya says that the evidence is that the hard times the petitioner experienced were motivated by “greed” or a desire on the part of the FARC members to avoid capture.