Venezuela / Caracas Security Alerts and Scams
Sambil Robbery
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Nov 6, 2003, 12:21

Sambil Robbery

Report from Rinconeer Larry Loebe

I was robbed recently inside the Sambil shopping center on the Cines Unidos level by 6 unarmed smartly dressed youths.

It was an unarmed robbery, but 6 to 1 did not make good odds, even if Jackie Chan had trained me personally. I was herded into a solitary hallway and beaten severely, and at boot and fist point, they removed from my person, a watch, bracelet, chain, cell phone and cash. I suffered a collapsed lung and was hospitalised and for 4 days had a tube inserted into my ling.

Just be careful, even in an upmarket busy mall like Sambil.