Orellana-Orellana

MEMORANDUM

Raul Orellana-Orellana, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief. Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1070 (9th Cir.2008); Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Orellana-Orellana failed to establish that he was persecuted on account of a protected ground, because the death of his father and the unidentified telephonic threats he received directing him not to investigate the death are insufficient, without more, to demonstrate that the perpetrators were motivated by a political opinion. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481-83 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Silaya, 524 F.3d at 1070 . In addition, substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that those…