Castillo

MEMORANDUM **

Jorge A. Castillo, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the *411 Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act. Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039 (9th Cir.2010). We review de novo claims of due process violations. Colmenar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petition for review.

The IJ’s adverse credibility determination was based on the totality of the circumstances, including a finding that Castillo’s testimony was inconsistent regarding his assertion that he is a political person and would be killed for his political activity if he returned to El Salvador, and his admission that he did not engage in any political activity while he was in El Salvador between 1997 and 2003. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under…