96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4294, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6957 Indiana Florentina Rodriguez-Matamoros Elvia Antonieta Rodriguez Rosario Elisay Rodriguez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

86 F.3d 158 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4294 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6957 Indiana Florentina RODRIGUEZ-MATAMOROS; Elvia Antonieta Rodriguez; Rosario Elisay Rodriguez, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70926. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 16, 1996. Decided June 17, 1996. Walter Rafael Pineda and Charles E. Nichol, San Francisco, California, for petitioners. Elizabeth A. Welsh, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. INS Nos. Ahj-laq-ozu, Abt-ukk-dbu, Alo-pug-jyv. Before ALARCON, BEEZER and RYMER, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 Indiana Rodriguez-Matamoros and her two minor daughters, natives and citizens of Nicaragua, petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), denying their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a), 1253(h). 1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We conclude that Rodriguez has demonstrated past persecution and remand to the BIA for a…