Morales-Diaz

MEMORANDUM **

Maudilio Morales-Diaz, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Because the BIA affirmed without opinion, we review the IJ’s decision. See Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 961 (9th Cir.2004). Because the IJ did not make an explicit adverse credibility finding, we accept Morales-Diaz’s factual contentions as true. See Kalubi v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1134, 1137 (9th Cir.2004). We review for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Morales-Diaz does not have a well-founded fear of future persecution because Morales-Diaz did not provide evidence establishing that he would face a sufficiently individualized risk upon return to Guatemala. See Vides-Vides v. INS, 783 F.2d 1463,1469 (9th Cir.1986) (upholding finding that fear was…