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Guatemala Extradite to Mexico to Cult Leader Lev Tahor

The Government of Guatemala extradited Yoel Alter, one of the leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor, to Mexico for trial on charges of alleged trafficking in persons and forced marriages within the said religious organization. The surrender of an Israeli citizen of Romanian origin took place last Monday in Chiapas, where agents of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection and the Federal Ministerial Police of the FGR executed…

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Yoel Alter, a person of Romanian origin, belonging to the Lev Tahor sect, received an informal pre-trial detention measure after being arrested for his probable involvement in the crime of organized crime in order to commit trafficking in persons, in the case of forced marriage.According to investigations by the Attorney General's Office of the Republic (FGR), the detainee is part of an ultra-orthodox sect that removes minors from his place of o…

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The Government of Guatemala extradited Yoel Alter, one of the leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor, to Mexico for trial on charges of alleged trafficking in persons and forced marriages within the said religious organization. The surrender of an Israeli citizen of Romanian origin took place last Monday in Chiapas, where agents of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection and the Federal Ministerial Police of the FGR executed…

Yoel Alter, a member of the Lev Tahor sect, was linked to proceedings in Mexico for his probable involvement in organized crime for the purpose of human trafficking. The prosecution focuses on the hypothesis of forced marriages of minors, federal authorities reported. The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported that the detainee, of Romanian nationality, was brought before a federal judge. It was determined that there is sufficient evidence to …

Yoel Alter, the alleged leader of the Orthodox organization Lev Tahor, arrested in the state of Chiapas, has been formally charged by a judge. The 35-year-old Jewish man, of Israeli origin, is accused of arranging forced marriages between minors and adults belonging to the organization, which was based in Canada before moving to Guatemala and the municipality of Cacahoatán in Chiapas. Yoel Alter was arrested on December 24 in the historic center…

The Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic (FGR) found that the ultra-Orthodox sect, Lev Tahor, originally from Jerusalem and with multiple allegations of child abuse, paedophilia, abductions and neglect of minors operates in the state of Chiapas. Therefore, Yoel “A” was arrested, identified as one of the members of the sect and charged with organized crime in order to commit trafficking in persons (hypothesis of forced marriages). At th…

After being arrested in Chiapas, a federal judge ordered pre-trial detention against Yoel “N”, for his probable participation in the crime of organized crime in order to commit human trafficking, in the manner of...

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Vanguardia broke the news in on Thursday, December 25, 2025.
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