Aquino

MEMORANDUM ***

Daria Gabina Aquino, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000), and deny the petition for review.

Petitioner contends that she fears returning «to Guatemala because of its criminal gangs. Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s factual finding that, at most, the petitioner established that she had been the victim of criminal activity in Guatemala. See Bolshakov v. INS, 133 F.3d 1279, 1280-81 (9th Cir.1998). Because the petitioner failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a statutorily protected ground, she failed to establish eligibility for asylum. See Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 971 (9th Cir.1998).

Further, because the petitioner failed to establish eligibility for asylum, she necessarily failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for…