Castillo v. INS, 951 F.2d 1117, 1121 (9th Cir.1991). 2 . Velarde v. INS, 140 F.3d 1305, 1310 (9th Cir.1998). 3 . We review for substantial evidence the BIA’s determination that an alien is not eligible for asylum. Lopez-Galarza v. INS, 99 F.3d 954, 958 (9th Cir.1996). Under the substantial evidence standard, we must affirm the BIA’s determination if it has made no error in law and if its factual findings are "supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” Id. (quotation marks and citation omitted). 4 . State Department reports are "the most appropriate and perhaps the best resource for information on political situations in foreign nations.” Kazlauskas v. INS, 46 F.3d 902, 906 (9th Cir. 1995) (internal quotations and citation omitted) (<HOLDING>); see also Belayneh v. INS, 213 F.3d 488, 491
holding that absent a pattern of persecution linked to the applicant persecution of family members is insufficient to demonstrate a wellfounded fear of persecution holding that general crime conditions are not a stated ground for a wellfounded fear of future persecution recognizing that the governments inability to control the source of persecution may support a finding of a wellfounded fear holding that absent past persecution an alien can demonstrate eligibility for asylum based on a wellfounded fear of future persecution by demonstrating that he or she subjectively fears persecution and that this fear is objectively reasonable holding that such a report provided substantial evidence to support the conclusion that petitioner failed to demonstrate a wellfounded fear of future persecution