Ana De Tamacas v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Ana Maria Rivas de Tamacas and Roberto Ivan Tamacas Portillo, natives and citizens of El Salvador, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that petitioners failed to meet their burden of showing they suffered past persecution on account of membership in a particular social group. See Ayala v. Holder, 640 F.3d 1095, 1097-98 (9th Cir. 2011) (per curiam). Likewise, the petitioners failed to demonstrate an objective well-founded fear of future persecution. See Arriagar-Barrientos v. U.S.I.N.S., 937 F.2d 411, 414 (9th Cir.1-991) (petitioner must establish a pattern of persecution closely tied to petitioner to establish a well-founded fear). Petitioners were not personally harmed or personally threatened, there is no persuasive evidence that the killings of their family members were efforts to harm or attack petitioners emotionally, and…