Horacio Antonio Villa-Betancur v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

10 F.3d 809 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Horacio Antonio VILLA-BETANCUR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70099. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 6, 1993. * Decided Nov. 23, 1993. Before: TANG, TROTT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Horacio Villa-Betancur, a Columbian native and citizen, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) dismissal of his appeal from the immigration judge's denial of his application for asylum and for withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 (a) and 1253(h). We deny the petition. 3 Villa-Betancur's main point is that the BIA erred in deciding that the evidence did not support his claim that he had a well-founded fear of persecution. We agree that Villa-Betancur presented evidence from which the BIA might have determined that he had a well-founded fear. However, the BIA, "can be reversed only if the evidence…