of withholding deportation, the applicant must show that it is “more likely than not” that his or her “life or freedom would be threatened on account of’ a protected ground if he or she were deported. Id. at 1174 (citing 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(b)). Thus, “[a]n alien must satisfy a more stringent standard for withholding deportation than for asylum.” Id. at 1173; see also Velarde, 140 F.3d at 1309 (citing INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421, 431, 107 S.Ct. 1207, 94 L.Ed.2d 434 (1987)). Martirosyan asserts that he has a well-founded fear of persecution as a conscientious objector. Generally speaking, compulsory military service or prosecution for desertion does not constitute persecution within the meaning of the INA. See id. at 1450; see also Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 481, 112 S.Ct. 812 (<HOLDING>). But “conscientious objection to military
holding that retaliation for opposition to government corruption can constitute persecution on account of a political opinion holding that attempted conscription by a guatemalan guerrilla group did not constitute persecution on account of a political opinion where petitioner failed to show that the group was motivated by his political opinion holding that persecution was on account of political opinion because petitioners prosecutorial investigation into acts of political corruption was by its very nature political holding that guerrilla groups attempt to recruit alien did not establish persecution based on political opinion holding that a guerrilla organizations attempt to coerce a person into performing military service does not necessarily constitute persecution on account of  political opinion 