Ochoa

MEMORANDUM **

Adela Ochoa, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Ochave v. INS, 254 F.3d 859, 861-62 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny the petition for review.

Ochoa testified that although she was never threatened or harmed in Guatemala, and the civil war has ended, she still fears returning to Guatemala because of vandalism, crime, and war. Neither this testimony, nor any other evidence in the record, compels the conclusion that Ochoa would be persecuted, even in part, on account of a protected ground if she returned to Guatemala. See Rostomian v. INS, 210 F.3d 1088, 1089 (9th Cir.2000) (upholding agency decision that random violence during civil strife is insufficient to support a grant of asylum); Vides-Vides v. INS, 783 F.2d 1463, 1469 (9th Cir.1986) (upholding agency decision where petitioner, who was genuinely afraid to return to his country but who had not been threatened or harmed on account of a protected…