Sosa

*732 MEMORANDUM **

Efrain Gomez Sosa, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000) and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding, in light of changed country conditions in Guatemala and the generalized nature of Sosa’s fear, that Sosa did not establish a well founded fear of future persecution. See Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2002).

Because Sosa failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily fails to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Malhi v. INS, 336 F.3d 989, 993 (9th Cir.2003). Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s denial of CAT relief because Sosa…