Herrera-Marroquin

MEMORANDUM *

Jose Herrera-Marroquin, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an immigration judge’s denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a) & 1253(h)(1994). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(1994) 1 , and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Herrera-Marroquin failed to establish either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. See INS v. Elias-Zaca rias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). There is no evidence that he was ever specifically threatened or that he was ever otherwise persecuted in any way. Nor is there is evidence that Herrera-Marroquin has an objectively reasonable fear of future persecution. See Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 960 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc). There is no compelling evidence in the record that the government or the guerrillas are aware of his political beliefs or that they would target him on his…