M.A.M.B. PAINTED FALSE YELLOW ARROWS TO DIVERT FEMALE PILGRIMS TOWARDS HIS HOME
He used the same kind of paint that is used for the signs on the Camino
Diario de León
http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias...echas-desviar-su-casa-peregrinas_1008120.html
The Camino de Santiago is every footpath that a pilgrim walks. With this alibi, the pilgrims have reopened in recent decades routes that once led people from very different starting points to the tomb of the apostle. And so have recovered the ancient Via de la Plata or Camino Mozárabe, the Vadiniense route, the Camino de San Salvador or del Norte, Sanabria, that of the Portuguese ....
Hikers of very different nationalities pass through these routes and where people set foot, soon the small business start appearing, certain services become interested in catering to thousands. Other undertakings are more obscure, and those encouraged the man now arrested for the death of Denise P. Thiem, Miguel Ángel MB, to paint with spray the arrows that directed the female pilgrims towards his home.
Despite the multitude of itineraries, the French Way will always retain the title of Main Street of Europe, with good reason because from Jaca and Roncesvalles thousands of Christians from the old continent reached the end of the world in order to fulfill penitences and promises. Hence the zeal with which the friends of the Camino try to keep the original route, a task that was given a boost in recent days precisely in the town of Astorga.
Sources at the Town Hall yesterday highlighted the agreement between the local government committee of Arsenio Garcia [mayor of Astorga] and the Association of Friends of the Camino de Santiago in Astorga about signposting the "true track", taking into account that cheating and wiliness is aroused by the interests of those whose livelihood depends on the Pilgrims. The Welcome Office for the Pilgrim of the Cathedral of Santiago has counted 192.160 pilgrims from January 1 to August 31 this year. While not everyone agrees on the itinerary and there are those who travel it only partially, their number gives an idea of the commerce that they generate.
Even if the making of arrows by the suspect was sloppy, the yellow paint of the signalization that he used was enough to confuse travelers and direct them on a parallel track, located about 800 meters from the official one up to the house of the arrested man and both ending in Santa Catalina de Somoza, the next town after Castrillo along the track.
Astorga City Hall sources deny that the new signposting has to do with the case of the American woman of Asian origen. They note that while they did not begin before the police operation of last week, this was because the municipal works brigade as busy with the preparation and subsequent work involving the patronage festivities.
When the National Police and the Military Emergency Unit arrived on Thursday in Castrillo de los Polvazares, the works brigade and the association had planned to signal the village, a task that they had to stop given the presence of agents in one of the spots chosen to place a milestone. Precisely that milestone will be erected to prevent walkers from erring and choose the path that runs alongside the residence of Miguel Ángel M.B.
Astorga City Council is not opposed to shelters and other establishments from advertising, but "the Camino is the one that it is and someone diverts it to make it pass by their village." The City Council has sought the cooperation of the presidents of the local municipal boards to preserve the route and notes that every so often the state of the signalization will be inspected, both the informative posters and the arrows that will have to be painten with a mold commissioned for this purpose.
Signposting the end of Castrillo de los Polvazares is especially significant, since at this point several pilgrims lost the track and ended up on the mountains, so they had to retrace their steps.
BBM
As a pilgrim, you have to read this very well for the message that is almost hidden (in complicated Spanish):
- Locals will delflect the camino for their own interest.
- Among these interests there are also 'more obscure undertakings'
- The man now arrested had a more obscure goal
- He is not the only one