Human Trafficking Survivor on Trek with Purpose LMTonline.com
go to original April 6, 2014

Ultra-triathlete Norma Bastidas rides her bicycle into Laredo via the Gateway to the Americas Bridge Friday afternoon as she continues her trek from Cancun, Mexico, to Washington, D.C. (Victor Strife/Laredo Morning Times)

Norma Bastidas, a survivor of human trafficking and ultra-triathlete, arrived in Laredo last week, making her trek into the United States through the Gateway to the Americas Bridge via a bicycle.

Bastidas started her journey by swimming 90 miles in Cancun on March 1. Bastidas is doing the trek to raise awareness of human trafficking as well as attempting to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.

She became a victim of human trafficking when she was kidnapped for a short period of time in Mexico City.

For more information on Bastidas, visit her website. You can also see the highlight points of her journey here.

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