One of the leaders of the extremist Hasidic Lev Tahor sect Eliazar Rompler was arrested in Guatemala. He had been wanted on charges of serious child abuse in Israel and had escaped the country using a fake passport, after a…[Continue Reading...]
Elazar Rompler, one of the Lev Tahor cult leaders, was arrested in El Salvador, as per Israel's request, Israel's public broadcaster KAN reported on Tuesday. In December, Guatemalan authorities rescued 160 children and adolescents from the Lev Tahor cult in…[Continue Reading...]
NEW YORK (VINnews) — After several courts in Guatemala have refused to address the legal situation of the over 200 children, teenagers, girls, and women from the Lev Tahor cult who are in protective custody, the Supreme Court of the…[Continue Reading...]
Members of the extremist Jewish sect Lev Tahor held in custody in Guatemala attacked police on Wednesday, Guatemalan authorities said. The incident came as authorities continue to grapple with the fallout from an operation last month in which they removed…[Continue Reading...]
Guatemalan Attorney General María Consuelo Porras met this week with Israeli Ambassador Alon Lavi and a delegation from Israel to discuss the ongoing investigation into alleged human trafficking by the extremist ultra-Orthodox sect Lev Tahor.Local media reported that authorities are…[Continue Reading...]
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rescue forces and medical personnel in Guatemala City reported that they treated several police officers who were sprayed with acid at a welfare facility where members of the Lev Tahor cult are staying. The officers arrived…[Continue Reading...]
A Salvadoran member of a Jewish sect under investigation in Guatemala for alleged sexual abuse of minors was arrested in El Salvador, the Guatemalan Prosecutor’s Office reported on Thursday. “Today (Thursday), the prosecutor’s office has been notified of the apprehension…[Continue Reading...]
A professional delegation from the Israeli Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs will travel to Guatemala at the end of the week to assist the local authorities in tending to the Lev Tahor cult. The move comes after Guatemalan authorities…[Continue Reading...]
Mexican and Guatemalan security forces carried out a joint operation along their shared border, attempting to prevent the leaders of the Lev Tahor cult from escaping. The operation follows concerns that the leaders would attempt to smuggle additional children out,…[Continue Reading...]
A week and a half after Guatemalan authorities rescued 204 children, teenagers and women from the compound of the extremist ultra-Orthodox sect Lev Tahor ("Pure Heart"), security at the border with Mexico has been tightened amid concerns that sect leaders…[Continue Reading...]
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