Who received a threat?
Jorge Aguirre
Was the threat in person?
no
How was it made?
by phone
Who was he telling about it?
CNN
What did he think was going to happen to him?
he was going to be killed
Where did he go?
El Paso, Texas
Did he go alone?
no
With whom?
his family
Where was he going when he got the threat by phone?
a friend's funeral
What was his friend's job?
journalist
Why was he killed?
he wrote critical stories
Where was the funeral?
Juarez, Mexico,
In 2003 how many asylum cases were there?
54
In 2008?
312
How many were approved?
less than half of those cases
Who is John Cook?
mayor of El Paso
What  is one reason they seek asylum?
to escape violence
And another?
to escape corruption