Eluid Villatoro-Ochoa v. Loretta E. Lynch

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

After unsuccessfully seeking withholding of removal, Eluid Harodi Villatoro-Ochoa, a native and citizen of Guatemala, filed an untimely motion to reopen his removal proceedings. To excuse the untimeliness of his motion, Villatoro-Ochoa asserted changed country conditions in Guatemala. The BIA concluded that'Villatoro-Ochoa failed to establish changed country conditions and denied his motion to reopen. We affirm.

I. Background

Villatoro-Ochoa was a pastor with an evangelical Christian church in Guatemala. He contends that gangs in the area threatened, harassed, and extorted…