Baldado

MEMORANDUM **

Armando Acampado Baldado, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an immigration judge’s (“U”) order denying his applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Katana v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir.2000), we grant the petition for review, and remand for further proceedings.

Because the IJ did not make an explicit adverse credibility finding, we accept Baldado’s testimony as true. See id. at 1114 . His testimony compels a conclusion that Baldado established past persecution on account of his political opinion. Baldado testified that members of the New People’s Army (“NPA”) tampered with the steering mechanism of his car, causing an accident, and sent him a threatening letter. Baldado fled to another region of the Philippines, but, shortly thereafter, members of the NPA fired multiple shots at the home in which he was staying. See Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1229 (9th Cir.2002) (petitioner established past persecution where he was the victim of staged car crashes that put him at…