Pickpockets and thieves in GTO

[Doyle Phillips]

sometimes the pickpockets may work in teams. In Mexico City i waited for
the subway "surrounded" by 10 or so other men. As we all surged into
the car at the same time i was jammed in the middle of these guys until
the next subway stop, where they all exited. Too late i saw that the group
of 10 stood together on the platform looking through the contents of my
billfold.

Your purloined purse may have been taken by more than one thief.

Incidentally i know of two or three people victimized in Guanajuato,
usually in the plazas at a crowded hour of the day. The way it works is
that a very nicely dressed guy spills some kind of food on you (salsa
in my case) and immediately there appears a good samaritan with napkins
to help clean up. The two guys are a team trying to lift your valuables
while you are distracted.
Happened to me but because i immediately guarded my billfold the
the culprits took off running.