Rodriguez-Pozos

MEMORANDUM **

Pedro Rodriguez-Pozos, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for re *907 view of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming, without opinion, an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, 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, Ge v. Ashcroft, 867 F.3d 1121, 1124 (9th Cir.2004), and deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that even if Petitioner’s testimony were taken as true, he failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his religion or political beliefs. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). Petitioner plainly stated that he was never personally targeted by Mormons, and no longer feared being threatened by them. His fear of being robbed by Zapatistas was also unsubstantiated by the record, and insufficient to support a claim that he would be persecuted on account of a protected ground. See Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir.2004) (holding that…