| Prevention is the best policy
to guard against crime and natural disaster.
RECOMMENDATIONS
ESSENTIALS - Carry the essentials for the
day.
Other vital documents - credit cards, travelers checks and
large bills - should be guarded under your clothes in a money
belt or leg pouch that is unseen and inaccessible.
BE AWARE - Be aware that a threat does exist.
Thieves and kidnappers profile people in the street. Keep
your guard up. Keep your luggage in sight or in a secure place.
BE HUMBLE - Keep a low profile. When in
public, avoid wearing jewelry, dressing ostentatiously or
talking loudly. These actions all call attention to yourself
as an outsider and as a potential victim.
PREPARE - Make a copy of your passport and/or
visa and keep it in a separate location. If you are robbed
of your documentation, copies make replacement much easier.
THINK SMART - Use ATM machines located in
well-frequented and well-lit places, such as banks, not isolated
booths. Do not loiter after you get your cash.
GIVE IN - If you are attacked, don't resist.
In taxi cab incidents that took place a few years ago in Mexico,
one journalist was paralyzed and another murdered after they
attempted to fight their attackers.
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