Manzur-Rauda

MEMORANDUM **

Jorge Alberto Manzur-Rauda, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 742 (9th Cir.2008), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that Manzur-Rauda failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See id. at 744-47 ; Molina-Morales v. INS, 237 F.3d 1048, 1051-52 (9th Cir.2001). Substantial evidence also supports the finding that Manzur-Rauda’s return trips to El Salvador undercut his well-founded fear of persecution, see Loho v. Mukasey, 531 F.3d 1016, 1017-18 (9th Cir.2008). Thus, his asylum claim fails.

Because Manzur-Rauda failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182,…