written death threat alone did not compel a finding of past persecution). This court has also rejected a rigid requirement of physical injury, making clear in Sanchez Jimenez that “attempted murder is persecution,” regardless of whether the petitioner was injured and even if the attack is unsuccessful. 492 F.3d at 1233; see also Mejia v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 498 F.3d 1253, 1257-58, 1257 n. 7 (11th Cir.2007) (extending the rule in Sanchez Jimenez to other projectiles such as rocks). “In assessing past persecution [this court is] required to consider the cumulative impact of the mistreatment the petitioner [ ] suffered.” Mejia, 498 F.3d at 1258; Delgado v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 487 F.3d 855, 861 (11th Cir. 2007) (citing Ruiz, 479 F.3d at 766); Ruiz v. Gonzales, 479 F.3d 762, 766 (11th Cir. 2007) (<HOLDING>). Thus, even though each instance of
holding that harassment threats and one beating did not constitute persecution holding that the cumulative effect of a beating threatening phone calls and a kidnaping constituted persecution holding that single beating at the hands of the government occurring seven years before did not establish probability of future persecution holding that a minor beating even in conjunction with threats did not compel a finding of persecution holding that evidence of kidnapping at gunpoint interrogation and beating did not compel finding of persecution