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Aug. 13, 2005

Gay Man Wins Asylum

SAN FRANCISCO - After a seven-year legal battle, a gay immigrant who was beaten unconscious by police outside a gay bar in his native Mexico tentatively won political asylum in the United States on Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO - After a seven-year legal battle, a gay immigrant who was beaten unconscious by police outside a gay bar in his native Mexico tentatively won political asylum in the United States on Thursday.
        All that remains for Aurelio Pena-Torres to qualify for permanent residency is a security background check, said his lawyer, Charles Nichol of San Francisco.
        Pena-Torr...

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