Jewish sect in Mexico escape from detention after police raid

Members of Jewish sect escape from detention in Mexico

They have been accused of drug trafficking and rape.

Jewish sect members break free from detention centre in Mexico

Lev Tahor is a fundamentalist sect that practises child marriages and mandates full-body covering for girls as young as three.

Members of extremist Jewish sect escape detention in Chiapas

Some 20 members of an extremist Jewish sect overpowered their guards and escaped from a detention center in Chiapas on Wednesday.

Members of Jewish sect escape detention in Mexico

The Lev Tahor members were nabbed in a September 23 raid by Mexican authorities - Click the link for more details.

Jewish sect in Mexico escape from detention after police raid

Members of the fundamentalist Jewish sect Lev Tahor, many of whom are Israeli citizens, had faced multiple allegations of kidnapping, child marriage and physical abuse and had been detained following a raid by Mexican police on Friday

Members of Jewish sect escape detention in Mexico after police raid

Around 20 members of an extreme ultra-orthodox Jewish sect overpowered guards and escaped a government shelter in southern Mexico. They had been held there following the arrest of one of their leaders last Friday on organised crime and human trafficking allegations. Mostly made up of children wearing long, flowing robes, members of the Lev Tahor sect pushed their way out of the complex Wednesday night, climbing over a guard who had fallen to th