Lara

MEMORANDUM **

Alonso Aníbal Segovia Lara (“Segovia”), a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), dismissing his appeal from a decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”). We deny the petition. 1 We also deny Segovia’s motion to remand to the BIA.

The IJ denied Segovia’s application for asylum and withholding of deportation on the basis that he failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his political opinion. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 (a)(42)(A), 1158(b), 1253(h). The IJ’s finding is supported by substantial evidence. 2 See Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring, under the substantial evidence standard, affirmance of the BIA unless the evidence compels reversal). There is no evidence that Segovia expressed a political opinion to the guerillas, or that they imputed a political opinion to him. “[AJbsent evidence of discrimina *713 tory purpose, a guerilla organization’s attempts to force a person to join them is insufficient to compel a finding of persecution on account of political belief.” Id. at 1151. Because Segovia has not…