Beltran

MEMORANDUM **

The Beltran family petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying their asylum application. Because the facts are known to the parties, we do not recite them here. The transitional rules of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 govern this appeal. 1 Thus, we have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a (1996). We deny the petition.

The Beltrans failed to establish past persecution for the purposes of asylum relief on account of Mr. Beltran’s political opinion. 2 They rely primarily on Mr. Beltran’s testimony. The BIA adopted the adverse credibility finding of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”). 3 The record amply supports the finding. The IJ’s primary reason for concluding that Mr. Beltran was not credible was that his testimony about events central to his asylum claim varied *579 substantially from his statements in his asylum application. 4 The Beltrans made no effort to address the credibility issue. Thus, they have failed to show that the record “compels” the conclusion that they suffered past persecution.

The Beltrans similarly failed to establish a “well-founded fear of [future]…