Leopoldo Quintana Murillo claims he will be killed by Mexican mobsters over the seizure of 50 kilos of cocaine and 500 kilos of weed

Leopoldo Quintana Murillo claims he will be killed by Mexican mobsters over the seizure of 50 kilos of cocaine and 500 kilos of weed in April 2003. Murillo told an Immigration and Refugee Board that he was acting as a "lookout" when the 20 boxes of drugs were being smuggled from Mexico across the U.S. border for sale in Memphis, Tenn. He said the smugglers encountered police and fled, leaving the drugs behind.
He told the board that soon after the botched smuggling trip, he started receiving threatening phone calls from the mob demanding money for the seized drugs.
Murillo, who lived in Toronto and is now in Vancouver, told the board the drugs were seized by allegedly "corrupt cops" who patrol the U.S.-Mexico border.
"The planned sale of drugs did not take place as scheduled," Mr. Justice Michel Shore was told. "Some dirty cops stole the drugs from the truck drivers." Murillo claimed he was to get $52,000 for his role in the smuggling mission. He was responsible for renting a truck and acting as a lookout. Murillo said he fled to Canada when his nephew confessed that he was offered $50,000 to kill him. He packed up his family and moved to New Mexico, where he lived for a few years using a false indentity. The threats continued, he said. "He waited for three years before coming to Canada because he was determined to get help in the U.S.," the board heard.
The board ruled Murillo is not entitled to file a refugee claim since he has admitted to the serious crime of drug trafficking.
His case was tossed out.