Case Name: Carlos Enrique GONZALEZ-ERAZO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-05-03
Citations: 431 F. App'x 533
Docket Number: No. 10-71240
Parties: Carlos Enrique GONZALEZ-ERAZO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RYMER, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 431
Pages: 533–535

Head Matter:
Carlos Enrique GONZALEZ-ERAZO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 10-71240.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 20, 2011.
Filed May 3, 2011.
Carlos Enrique Gonzalez-Erazo, Bell, CA, pro se.
Chief Counsel Ice, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Joseph Anthony O’Connell, OIL, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: RYMER, THOMAS, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Carlos Enrique Gonzalez-Erazo, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture.
We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence and will uphold the agency's determination unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.
Gonzalez-Erazo contends that he suffered past persecution when guerrillas threatened him, and he fears future persecution from gangs. Petitioner testified that he was not harmed by the guerillas. Substantial evidence supports the agency's determination that petitioner failed to establish past persecution. See Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 936 (9th Cir.2000). In addition, petitioner's speculative fear of future gang activity and persecution does not serve as a basis for asylum relief. See Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 745-46 (9th Cir.2008).
Because Gonzalez-Erazo failed to establish eligibility for asylum, he necessarily failed to meet the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).
Substantial evidence also supports the agency's denial of CAT relief because petitioner did not establish that it was more likely than not that he will be tortured by or with the acquiescence of the Guatemalan government. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008). Contrary to Gonzalez-Erazo's con tention, the BIA provided a sufficient explanation for denying CAT relief.
We lack jurisdiction to consider Gonzalez-Erazo's claim that he should be granted asylum based on humanitarian reasons because he failed to raise that issue before the BIA, and thereby failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.