Arrested for stealing the handkerchief of the Virgin of Tomelloso and asking for five drums of calimocho as a ransom

The Civil Guard has arrested a man who stole the typical herb scarf of Tomelloso (Ciudad Real), owned by the Virgen de las Viñas Brotherhood, and then...

The events occurred in 2023 in Tomelloso, although the complaint was not filed until a year later, when the alleged perpetrator broadcast a video on social networks in which he appeared hooded, with a knife and a distorted voice asking for five bottles of wine and threatening to burn the garment.

The Civil Guard has arrested the man who allegedly stole the typical herb scarf of Tomelloso, owned by the Virgen de las Viñas Brotherhood of the town, and who subsequently requested a rescue of five tanks of calimocho—wine mixed with cola soda—to be returned, as reported by the Armed Institute in a statement this Wednesday.The handkerchief, of large dimensions and valued at about 600 euros, was stolen during the celebration of the pilgrimage of…

Holy Week arrives fraught with controversy in Tomelloso (Ciudad Real). There, the Civil Guard arrested a man for stealing the Virgin's handkerchief from a Brotherhood and threatening to burn it if he wasn't given a reward. The man posted a video on social media claiming that if he wasn't given five cans of calimocho, he would burn the handkerchief. This didn't sit well with the Brotherhood. At Y ahora Sonsoles, we spoke with Alejandro, the presi…

The larceny author posted a video exposing the garment dressed as a penitent and with a knife.

The Civil Guard has carried out the arrest of a person who is alleged to have committed a crime of theft, specifically the typical herb scarf of Tomelloso, owned by the Hermandad Virgen de las Viñas of the town of Tomelloso (Ciudad Real). The main post of the Civil Guard of Tomelloso had been informed through a complaint filed by a representative of the Brotherhood of the ‘Virgen de las Viñas’ of the said locality, of the theft of a large herbal…