Nunez

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Osmin Nunez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000), and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.

We conclude that substantial evidence supports the IJ’s decision because Nunez failed to offer evidence that the “groups” who approached him for recruitment did so on account of his political opinion, and was thus unable to prove past persecution. See id. at 481-83 , 112 S.Ct. 812 . Similarly, he has offered no evidence that such “groups” might persecute him on an account of an enumerated ground if he were to return to El Salvador. See id. at 483 , 112 S.Ct. 812 .

Nunez’s contention that the BIA is required to supply further reasons for its affirmance fails because the BIA adopted the IJ’s reasoning. See Alaelua v. INS, 45 F.3d…