MEMORANDUM **

Erick Ernesto Amaya-Sanchez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his applications for asylum and withholding of removal.

*596 Amaya-Sanchez contends that he was persecuted by gangs based on his political opinion as evidenced by his expressed opposition to gangs and his resistance to gang recruitment. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Amaya-Sanchez failed to establish that any harm he suffered, or fears, from gangs is on account of a protected ground. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 482-84, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (forced recruitment by persecutors seeking to fill their ranks is not necessarily persecution on account of political opinion); Barrios v. Holder, 581 F.3d 849, 855-56 (9th Cir. 2009) (petitioner who resisted gang recruitment did not establish persecution on account of social group or political opinion); Santos-Lemus v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 738, 747 (9th Cir. 2008).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.