Martinez filed an untimely motion to reopen his removal proceedings alleging changed country conditions in his home country of Guatemala. He based his fear of returning to Guatemala based on the targeting of members of his church youth group, and provided evidence that a friend had been murdered in Guatemala since his last hearing. However, the Board of Immigration Appeals denied his motion to reopen, noting that Martinez had not established that his murdered friend was a member of youth group or that his death was otherwise related to Martinez's asylum claim. The Eighth Circuit affirmed, finding that the friend's murder was simply indicative of violent conditions in Guatemala that already existed at the time of Martinez's merits hearing. For similar reasons, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of Martinez's motion to reconsideration of the denial of his motion to reopen.
The full text of Martinez v. Lynch can be found here: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/15/05/141213P.pdf