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<div>Rosina,</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Thanks for any help,</div>
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<div>Lois</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hello you all,<br>
The Spanish Guardia Civil (federal police) advise women, and other
pilgrims,<br>
not to walk alone when leaving sizable cities. Two assaults have
been<br>
reported perpetrated by seemingly organized gangs.<br>
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.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>It saddens me to need to do so, but
I thought I should tell you.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Regards,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Rosina</blockquote>
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