A former Texas State Senate candidate said she was beaten and tortured at a hotel, and officials said three people were arrested in connection with the attack. Vanessa Tijerina, a Republican who lost in the Nov. 3 election, said she was called to the Texas Inn in Raymondville about “something very important regarding her safety,” according to KVEO. Then, she was gagged, tied up, and tortured in the hotel on Christmas Eve, she said in a Facebook Live video. “They made it seem like they had something really, really important to tell me and they couldn’t tell me on the phone,” Tijerina, 42, said, referring to what the callers had told her. “I was beaten. I was terrorized, bound, gagged, tortured,” Tijerina also claimed on Monday. The woman said the perpetrators “stole everything” from her, including her car, money, and her children’s presents for Christmas. Officials arrested Amanda Salinas, Ariel Vera, and …