`
`United States Court of Appeals
`For the First Circuit
`
`No. 06-2070
`
`JUAN CARLOS DIAZ MORA, ET AL.,
`Petitioners,
`v.
`ALBERTO R. GONZÁLES, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
`Respondent.
`
`ON PETITION FOR REVIEW OF AN ORDER OF
`THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS
`
`Before
`Lynch, Circuit Judge,
`Campbell and Selya, Senior Circuit Judges.
`
`Juan C. Diaz Mora on brief pro se.
`Michael Sady, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Michael J.
`Sullivan, United States Attorney, on brief for respondent.
`
`September 13, 2007
`
`
`
`Per Curiam. After carefully considering the briefs and
`record in connection with this petition for judicial review, we
`deny the petition and affirm the decision below.
`We review the BIA's interpretation of 'persecution on the
`basis of social group' de novo. Lattab v. Ashcroft, 384 F.3d 8, 17
`(1st Cir. 2004).
`Although we sympathize with the petitioners' plight, they
`fail to establish that the criminal extortion that they experienced
`constitutes persecution. See Negeyn v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 78 (1st
`Cir. 2005); Guzman v. INS, 327 F.3d 11 (1st Cir. 2003); Nelson v.
`INS, 232 F.3d 258 (1st Cir. 2000); see also Matter of Acosta, 19 I.
`& N. Dec. 211 (BIA 1985). Moreover, the petitioners failed to
`establish that wealthy, educated Colombians comprise a social group
`within the purview of 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(A). See Silva v.
`Ashcroft, 394 F.3d 1 (1st Cir 2005); Alvarez-Flores v. INS, 909
`F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1990); In re C-A-, 23 I. & N. Dec. 951 (BIA 2006).
`The petition is denied. See 1st Cir. R. 27.0(c)
`
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