The court heard Pjetrushi’s “family has been in a blood feud (in Albania) with a family named Tafili since 2000, after Mr. Pjetrushi’s cousin, a police chief, killed a member of the Tafili family during a forcible arrest. About a year later, the dead man’s son, named Admir, tried to kill Mr. Pjetrushi’s cousin but failed. Admir was arrested, convicted, and imprisoned. Other members of the Tafili family later tried to kidnap the cousin’s sons from their schoolyard.”








