Go v. Holder, __ F.3d __, 2011 WL 1678196 (9th Cir. May 5, 2011) (The INA bars an applicant from obtaining asylum and withholding relief when there are serious reasons to believe that he or she committed a serious nonpolitical crime before arriving in the United States. 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)(iii) (asylum), 1231(b)(3)(B)(iii) (withholding). We interpret serious reasons' to believe as being tantamount to probable cause. McMullen v. INS, 788 F.2d 591, 599 (9th Cir.1986), overruled on other grounds by Barapind v. Enomoto, 400 F.3d 744, 751 n. 7 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc) (per curiam). Under our precedent, we must uphold the Board's conclusion that an alien is ineligible for relief if that determination is supported by substantial evidence. See id. We may reverse the decision of the Board only if the applicant shows that the evidence compels the conclusion that the asylum decision was incorrect. See Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th Cir.2006).; admission by respondent to drug trafficking in removal proceedings sufficient to establish serious reason to believe respondent had engage in a serious nonpolitical crime).

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