Marín-Portillo v. Lynch

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Jorge Mario Marín-Portillo (“Marin”) petitions this court for review of an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of, his request for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Finding Marin’s arguments unpersuasive, we deny his petition.

I

We recount the facts as presented in the record, noting that the IJ assumed that Marin was credible. Marin was born and raised in Guatemala. In November 2006, when Marin was seventeen years old, a police officer named Edgar…