Re: Crime Rises in Spanish Countryside
First the Spaniards lock up their public dust bins so that tourists cannot see impoverished citizens searching or food scraps. Now thieves are descending upon farms. As one farmer says:
“You don’t steal eight rabbits to sell them,” said Rosa Marques, 43, who grew up in this village of 800 and is one of the organizers of the patrols. “You steal eight rabbits for food.”
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