Giron-Linares

MEMORANDUM **

Aex Gustavo Giron-Linares, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). *237 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the BIA’s determination that an applicant has not established eligibility for asylum, and we must uphold the BIA’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary result. Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir.1998). We deny the petition.

Giron-Linares testified concerning two alleged incidents to support his claim of persecution. On one occasion, when he was 14 years old, he was detained by unidentified men, and questioned about links to the army. Although he was detained for 5-6 hours, he was released unharmed. On a second occasion, a bus he was traveling on was stopped by guerillas and Giron-Linares was briefly questioned, but again, he was released unharmed. Afterwards, Giron-Linres remained in Guatemala for approximately a year and a half without…