Police and prosecutors in Guatemala have arrested two leaders of Lev Tahor Orthodox Jewish sect accusing them of human trafficking and forced marriages.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult Lev Tahor denies crimes against minors and warn that the government "will fall" if one of those ...

Authorities arrest senior leader of controversial Jewish sect, take 148 children into protective custody amid abuse ...

INTERPOL has arrested Yoel Alter, aged 35, a senior member of the Lev Tahor cult, in Guatemala. Alter, who was dressed in the cult's characteristic brown cloak when he was outside a government ...

A delegation of senior rabbis arrived in Guatemala on Friday to assess the situation of the children of the Lev Tahor cult, describing the group as a 'terror ...

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A senior member of an Orthodox Jewish sect wanted for alleged human trafficking has been arrested by Interpol agents in Guatemala.

The law enforcement raid on Friday is the latest legal action against the group, which is often described as a cult. Authorities in Guatemala raided the compound of Lev Tahor, an extremist Jewish ...

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 ...

(JTA) — Two leaders of Lev Tahor, a fundamentalist Jewish sect, were found guilty on Wednesday of kidnapping and child sexual exploitation crimes by a federal jury in White Plains, New York.