Reyes-Villanova

MEMORANDUM **

Francisco Ernesto Reyes-Villanova, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing the appeal of the immigration judge’s denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction to review a final order of the BIA pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § llOSa(a), 1 and we deny the petition.

We review the BIA’s factual findings, including whether a petitioner has demonstrated past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution, for substantial evidence, and we uphold the BIA ruling unless the evidence compels a contrary result. See Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000). Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that the threats against Reyes-Villanova do not amount to past persecution on account of political opinion, see Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 936 (9th Cir.2000), and that he does not have an objective fear of future persecution, see Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir.1995). Accordingly, Reyes-Villanova failed to establish eligibility for asylum and therefore failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of…