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According to a report that was published in a Mexican newspaper on Tuesday, law enforcement authorities in Mexico carried out large raids, during which they arrested twenty members of the Jewish cult known as Lev Tahor. The report stated that the operation was conducted in a Mexican migration control facility on the country's border with Guatemala, where the cult members were being kept. According to The Jerusalem Post, in the aftermath of the raids, the families of the detained members of Lev Tahor organized a protest against the conditions in which their loved ones were being held in the facility. Continue reading at https://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/16520/20220928/members-of-jewish-cult-lev-tahor-detained-in-mexico-children-teenagers-saved.htm

Mexican authorities arrested members of the Jewish Lev Tahor sect in a raid in which a three-year-old boy was returned to his father who had fled the community, Israel said Tuesday. The raid took place on Friday "after the Mexican police collected incriminating evidence against several people in the sect on suspicion of drug trafficking, rape and more", the Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement. Lev Tahor was formed in the 1980s and members practice an ultra-Orthodox form of Judaism in which women wear black tunics covering them from head to toe. Israeli media outlets said the arrest operation took place in Tapachula, a town near Mexico's southeastern border with Guatemala. Continue reading at https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/195209/Members-of-Jewish-cult-Lev-Tahor-arrested-in-Mexico-on-drug,-rape-charges%C2%A0

An extremist Jewish sect living in southern Mexico may have been forming plans to flee to Iran before their compound was raided last week. The Lev Tahor compound near Tapachula, in far southern Mexico, was raided early on Friday by Mexican federal police cooperating with a team of advisors from Israel, including former Mossad agents. Two sect leaders -- identified as Menachem Mendel Alter and Moshe Joseph Rosner -- were arrested on charges of human trafficking, and roughly 19 women and children from the group are being held at a migrant facility in Huixtla. Continue reading at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11258749/Members-Lev-Tahor-sect-raided-Mexico-planned-flee-Iran.html

Oaxaca.-Mexican authorities arrested members of the Lev Tahor Jewish sect in a raid after which a three-year-old boy was returned to his father who had fled the community, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Tuesday. The raid occurred on Friday "after the Mexican police collected incriminating evidence against several people from the sect on suspicion of drug trafficking, rape and other crimes," the Israeli ministry said in a statement. Continue reading at https://www-ciudadania--express-com.translate.goog/2022/derechos-humanos/detienen-en-mexcio-a-miembros-de-secta-judia-lev-tahor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Read this article in Spanish: https://www.ciudadania-express.com/2022/derechos-humanos/detienen-en-mexcio-a-miembros-de-secta-judia-lev-tahor

Mexican authorities arrested members of 17 Jewish families belonging to the extremist Jewish ultra-Orthodox sect Lev Tahor, a local outlet reported Tuesday. Lev Tahor, meaning "pure heart" in Hebrew, was founded in Jerusalem in the 1980s by charismatic leader Rabbi Shlomo Hebrans, who died in mysterious circumstances in Mexico in 2017. The group and is estimated to number less than 300 members Continue reading at https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjajmvxmo

Mexican authorities arrested the leader of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect during a raid on the group’s compound over the weekend. A state law enforcement official identified the man as Menachem Endel Alter of Jerusalem, leader of the Lev Tahor, who is accused of organized crime and human trafficking. The raid was carried out on the group’s compound in the municipality of Tapachula, near the Mexico-Guatemala border. Some two dozen women and children were also taken to a government shelter. Moshe Alter, Endel Alter's brother, delivered food to the women and children held at the shelter on Tuesday. He told The Associated Press that authorities had also taken away a 3-month-old baby whose mother was now in the shelter. Continue reading at https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-authorities-arrest-leader-ultra-orthodox-jewish-sect-organized-crime-human-trafficking-charges

Israel Amir, an Israeli survivor of the Lev Tahor haredi (ultra-Orthodox) cult who escaped the sect some three years ago successfully rescued his son from Mexico as local authorities raided and arrested sect members on Tuesday. The Mexican raid, carried out in a migration control facility in southern Mexico where the Lev Tahor sect was based, saw members of 17 Jewish families belonging to the extremist sect arrested. Amir's rescue mission, which was first reported by N12, was in the making for a while, with the sect survivor working on a plan to bring his son to Israel ever since he escaped Lev Tahor in Guatemala three years ago. Continue reading at https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-718234

Mexican authorities have arrested several members of the Jewish sect Lev Tahor in Mexico. Children and teenagers have also been liberated, BBC reported. LEV TAHOR Lev Tahor is an extremist, religious group that is located in the Mexican jungle, near the border with Guatemala. The group has been banned from Israel. The police had been eyeing this group for a long time because of suspicion of human trafficking in minors. During the raid, a group of children and teenagers were taken for fear that the members would otherwise kill them to prevent them from falling into the hands of others. The children and teenagers have been taken to Israel where they are reunited with relatives. Continue reading at https://www-linda-nl.translate.goog/nieuws/buitenland/groep-kinderen-tieners-bevrijd-mexico-joodse-sekte-lev-tahor/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Read this article in Dutch: https://www.linda.nl/nieuws/buitenland/groep-kinderen-tieners-bevrijd-mexico-joodse-sekte-lev-tahor/

Mexican authorities have raided a compound used by the extremist Jewish Lev Tahor cult along the Guatemalan border and rescued a three-year-old boy whose father had escaped the cult years ago, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The Friday raid was carried out at the city of Tapachula in southeast Mexico and included dozens of local law enforcement and welfare workers. It was approved following an ongoing investigation by Mexican authorities that found evidence of cult members involved in human trafficking, rape, drug trafficking and other serious offenses. A private Israeli team that was hired by relatives of some of the cult members stood by, as well as Israeli consul Lior Batzov, who was sent to the site to make sure that cult members were not treated with violence and that children are not separated from their parents, according to the Foreign Ministry. Continue reading at https://www.timesofisrael.com/mexican-authorities-raid-lev-tahor-cult-compound-detain-26-members/

The leader of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect known as Lev Tahor was arrested by state and federal officials in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. The sect leader was identified as Menachem Endel Alter of Jerusalem. He is accused of organized crime and human trafficking. Endel Alter was arrested near the Mexico-Guatemala border, inside the Lev Tahor group's jungle compound, in an operation led by the Mexican Attorney General's Office. The Associated Press also reported that an unspecified number of women and children were removed from the compound. BBC reported that a three-year-old child removed from the compound was already flown to Israel. Continue reading at https://www.latinpost.com/articles/156903/20220927/mexico-extremist-jewish-sect-leader-arrested-southern-human-trafficking.htm

Children and older teenagers have been removed from the jungle compound of a Jewish sect in Mexico following a raid by police, the BBC has learned. Two members of Lev Tahor were arrested on suspicion of human trafficking and serious sexual offences, including rape, Israel's foreign ministry said. A three-year-old child removed from the compound has been flown to Israel. Lev Tahor (Hebrew for Pure Heart) is known for extremist practices and imposing a strict regime on members. It advocates child marriage, inflicts harsh punishments for even minor transgressions and requires women and girls as young as three years old to completely cover up with robes. The stricture has earned the group the nickname the Jewish Taliban, because of seeming similarities with the dress code enforced by the Sunni Muslim extremist group which controls Afghanistan. Continue reading at https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62372365

Police in Mexico removed a group of children and teenagers from a jungle camp belonging to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group in the country, police have learned. Agents arrested two members of Lev Tahor on suspicion of involvement in human trafficking and committing serious sex crimes, including rape, Israel’s foreign ministry reported. One of the 3-year-olds rescued from the camp was put on a flight to Israel. The group lev tahor (Pure Heart, in Hebrew) Known for its extreme practices and imposing a strict rule on its members. Continue reading at https://worldnationnews.com/lev-tahor-children-and-teenagers-rescued-from-a-camp-in-the-jungle-of-an-ultra-orthodox-jewish-group-in-mexico/