Lazo-Velasquez

MEMORANDUM **

Jorge Lazo-Velasquez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order adopting and affirming an *687 immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying Lazo-Velasquez’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Where the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision while adding its own reasons, we review both decisions. Kataria v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir.2000). We review the agency’s factual findings for substantial evidence, and reverse only if the evidence compels a contrary finding. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We review questions of law de novo. Zheng v. Ashcroft, 332 F.3d 1186, 1193 (9th Cir.2003). We deny the petition for review.

Lazo-Velasquez testified that members of the Guatemalan military searched for him after a 1992 barroom fight between Lazo-Velasquez and a military officer over the ongoing civil conflict in Guatemala. Lazo-Velasquez stated in his declaration that he is unsure if the military is still looking for him. The IJ concluded that…