Lev Tahor: six arrests in Ontario

The Canada Border Services Agency carried out an operation on Wednesday with the police in the town of Chatham, in southwestern Ontario, where members of the Lev Tahor sect live.

Six adults have been arrested in connection with violations of immigration laws, according to youth protection authorities. Two people are still wanted, according to the CBSA.

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Lev Tahor A Political Issue

MP for Chatham-Kent-Essex Dave Van Kesteren says politicians have been in touch with the local police force to discuss ways of dealing with Lev Tahor members who have fled the country.

“We have laws in this country and if laws are broken then the consequences are going to be felt, but at this point nothing has been charged yet, so I’m somewhat concerned about that,” says Van Kesteren. “There’s been allegations, but no charges laid and I know this is a difficult time for that community.”

Continue reading: https://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2014/03/31/lev-tahor-a-political-issue/

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Lev Tahor members in Guatemala can stay up to 3 months

The Lev Tahor family that left Canada for Guatemala in early March is allowed to stay there with no special conditions — for now.

Uriel Goldman, the spokesman for the Lev Tahor group living in Chatham, Ont., confirmed Wednesday that the family no longer has to go to the Canadian embassy in Guatemala City as a condition of its stay in Central America.

Continue reading: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lev-tahor-members-in-guatemala-can-stay-up-to-3-months-1.2587033