Self-defence
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WHEN G.J.C.P., as she is known in court documents, was 13, gang members in her native El Salvador began tormenting her. The men offered her drugs, nagged her to get involved with them romantically and urged her to join their gang. G.J.C.P. refused, though the men had previously murdered a friend of hers for a similar offence. Fearful for her life and hoping to begin anew, she fled to America. Before she could get far, she was scooped up by border patrol agents in Hidalgo, Texas.
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