Menendez

MEMORANDUM **

Irma Juventina Menendez, 1 a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions *209 pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her application for asylum, withholding of deportation, and cancellation of removal. 2 Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the denial of asylum and must uphold the agency unless “the evidence [] presented was so compelling that no reasonable fact finder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Irma Menendez testified that she was beaten by guerillas for refusing to accede to supply requests. Because the record does not compel the conclusion that Irma Menendez was or would be targeted because of her political opinion or any other protected ground, see Castro-Perez v. Gonzales, 409 F.3d 1069, 1072 (9th Cir. 2005), substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal.

The BIA’s denial of humanitarian asylum is also…