Molina-Montero

MEMORANDUM **

Jorge Aroldo Molina-Montero, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . See Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1149-50 (9th Cir.1997). We deny the petition for review.

We review for substantial evidence factual findings concerning a petitioner’s eligibility for asylum, and must uphold the BIA’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary result. Cruz-Navarro v. INS, 232 F.3d 1024, 1028 (9th Cir.2000).

Although petitioner contends that he established a well-founded fear of persecution by guerillas on account of his former service in the Guatemalan military, we agree with the BIA that his testimony lacked specific detail to support this conclusion. See Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 967 (9th Cir.1998) (requiring credible, direct, and specific evidence in the record). Specifically, petitioner was uncertain who came to his home looking for him and why, petitioner did not know who sent him a note nor the contents of the note, and petitioner did not…