Molina

MEMORANDUM **

Angel M. Orellana Molina, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation, and for relief under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997). We review for substantial evidence factual determinations concerning a petitioner’s eligibility for asylum, and must uphold them unless the evidence compels a contrary result. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 & n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition.

Molina testified that between approximately 1987 and 1993, guerrillas beat him several times for refusing to join them, killed his grandfather for refusing to join them, and threatened to kill his father for his money and for refusing to join them. Molina provided no evidence that the guerrillas’ actions were taken on account of an enumerated ground. Accordingly, Molina failed to establish eligibility for asylum. See id. at 483-84 (holding that forced…