Security in the Camino

[Lois Karner]

Rosina,

Thank you for this very important warning.  One can only hope that
the comradeship between pilgrims will help as a security measure.
On this note, how safe is it to leave your backpack in Refugios if
you go out and about once checked in?  Must one ALWAYS have your
backpack in sight?  Perhaps a silly question  but this has been
bothering me.  I am not new to backpack travel but am new to sharing
space with unknowns.

Thanks for any help,

Lois


>Hello you all,
>The Spanish Guardia Civil (federal police) advise women, and other pilgrims,
>not to walk alone when leaving sizable cities.  Two assaults have been
>reported perpetrated by seemingly organized gangs.
>A woman walking alone was assaulted by three hoodlums as she was
>leaving Virgen Del Camino on her way to Leon; the hooligans took all
>her money and documents and fled in a waiting car.  The Guardia
>Civil believes that such occurrences are likely when a pilgrim
>leaves a city on the belief that s/he may have obtained cash in such
>city for use in the non-urban portions of the Camino. Although only
>two such assaults have been reported, it is better to be cautious
>and heed the Guardia Civil's advise.
>It saddens me to need to do so,  but I thought I should tell you.
>Regards,
>Rosina
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