In June, she was captured and tortured by pro-government vigilante groups, who sexually abused her and two of her university partners, before leaving them abandoned and without clothes on the outskirts of Managua.
During the attack, Sandoval made a live broadcast on Facebook that went viral in which she said goodbye to her mother and affirmed her commitment to the democratization demands to the government.
[2] Sandoval disappeared on 20 July, being threatened and imprisoned in El Chipote prison, where she remained for six days and was beaten and tortured by the police.
[3] In July 2020 she traveled to the United States to request asylum, but was deported by the Donald Trump administration.
A group of riot police arrived later, handcuffed her and took her away in a patrol car along with two other young men who she did not know nor what happened to them after seeing them in the vehicle.