Solorzano

MEMORANDUM **

Rosa Alvarez Solorzano and her two sons, Lester Donal and Saul Alejandro, natives and citizens of Guatemala, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s (“U”) order denying of their applications for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). 1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence and will uphold the IJ’s decision unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Solorzano did not establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. See Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1486 (9th Cir.1997). Solorzano provided no evidence that she or members of her family were singled out for persecution based on an imputed political opinion. Rather, she only described incidents of generalized violence. See Ochave v. INS, 254 F.3d 859, 865 (9th Cir.2001) (“Asylum generally is not available to…