Castro
Castro v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Elizabeth Del Carmen Castro, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Cruz-Navarro v. INS, 232 F.3d 1024, 1028 (9th Cir.2000), we deny the petition for review.
Because the IJ did not make a finding as to Castro’s credibility, we accept her testimony as true. See id.
The record does not compel a finding that Castro established that she was *701 persecuted on account of an imputed political opinion. Castro contends that guerrillas struck her when she attempted to protect Guillermo Pineda, a member of the Salvadoran military and the father of her eldest daughter. However, “[pjersecution occurring because a person is a current member of a police force or the military is insufficient, by itself, to establish persecution on account of ... political opinion.” Id. at 1029 (emphasis in original). Further, Castro presented no evidence that her attackers knew…