El Paso Times cover story by Ramon Bracamontes
26.04.2014
El Paso Times cover story by Ramon Bracamontes
Albanian fled from captivity as teen before new life in US
EL PASO -- Daniela Labinoti, kidnap victim, immigrant and lawyer, has lived a storied life, and she's only 30.
As a teenage girl in her native country of Albania she was kidnapped with an intent to be raped so she could be sent to Italy as a sex slave. As a high school senior in Austin she was so poor she couldn't pay $1.60 for a school lunch. She secretly ate her classmates' leftovers...
