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'Tortured beauty' given U.S. asylum
Woman persecuted for political views granted protection after WND report (Editor's note: This interview was conducted with assistance of a translator) Auxiliadora Martinez, a Nicaraguan political refugee, has been granted asylum in the United States and is no longer fearing for her life after hundreds of phone calls and letters, numerous prayers and countless marriage proposals in response to WND's exclusive story just last week. "I want to thank you readers of WorldNetDaily for all your kind words," Martinez said. "Today, I have received an affirmation of the greatness of your country and nation. I received notice that I have been granted asylum." Martinez' harrowing story Martinez, 23, was beaten with sticks, shot at, nearly raped and almost murdered – all because she fought for free elections. While she was a campaign organizer for Eduardo Montealegre, former Constitutionalist Party candidate for Managua mayor in 2008, she was tortured by Nicaragua's Sandinista regime. Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega has employed neighborhood committees called Citizens Power Councils, or CPCs, used by his corrupt Sandinista party to spy on citizens, intimidate and torture them. Martinez told WND the CPCs attacked her with large rocks, sticks, mortars and sprays of gunfire. A gang of Sandinista CPCs tried to rape and kill her because she was part of a group protesting the legitimacy of the 2008 municipal elections. For Martinez' full story, see WorldNetDaily's original report. CPCs fired homemade mortars into Martinez' mother's home and put her name on a torture list.