Lev Tahor (Pure Heart in Hebrew) has faced multiple allegations of kidnapping, child marriage, abuse
MEXICO CITY - Guatemalan authorities rescued 160 children and adolescents from the fundamentalist Jewish sect Lev Tahor in southeastern Guatemala on Friday following allegations of child abuse, including rape, prosecutors said.The rescue operation in the agricultural municipality of Oratorio, 78 kilometers southeast of Guatemala City, highlights ongoing concerns over the controversial practices of the Lev Tahor sect, which has faced similar allegations in the past.
The community settled in Mexico and Guatemala between 2014 and 2017. In 2022, a Mexican police operation in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on the Guatemalan border rescued a group of children and adolescents from a Lev Tahor camp, whose members were arrested on suspicions of participating in abuses against minors.The prosecution said during the raid, 40 women were also taken by the authorities, who believe they were victims of severe abuse by the cult leaders and their followers.
Regional prosecutor Dimas Jimenez said that the prosecution is considering filing charges for human trafficking, child abuse, and rape. "We suspect that these crimes were committed by a community member," he added.
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