Q: My brother was kidnapped trying to get to USA him and three guys one of them got killed, can he get political asylum?
He got kidnapped by the coyotes and we had to pay $7,000 dollars and still didn't released him he was tortured and kept asking for more money, it was my brother and 3 more guys, they were gonna get kill and decided to scape they confronted the coyotes and they were fighting and one of the kidnapped guys got shot in the stomach they made it to the street and screamed for help the Mexican police got there and arrested 2 guys and 4 the next day, the news people got there and my brothers pictures were in the newspaper and the guy who got shot died in the hospital, my brother is scared cause it was a big organization and they might look for him cause his picture came on the news, he cooperated with the police and went through all the process to prosecute the bad guys, he's got all the report from the police of what it happened, is there a way of him getting political asylum? Does he needs to go to the USA border and ask for it or get a lawyer first? He's really scared and doesn't wanna in M
A: Seek for advice from an experienced immigration attorney. Good luck. www.aba-us.com
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