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Guatemala Rescues 160 Children From Jewish Group Amid Abuse Claims

December 23, 2024

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Guatemalan authorities rescued 160 children this Friday from a property belonging to the Lev Tahor sect, an ultra-orthodox Jewish group under investigation for alleged sexual abuse of minors, reported the Minister of Interior and the Prosecutor’s Office. “Operation allowed the rescue of 160 minors who were allegedly abused by a member of the Lev Tahor sect,” wrote Minister Francisco Jiménez on social network X after a raid on the property located in the municipality of Oratorio, about 60 km southwest of the capital, where the sect settled in 2016.

Prosecutor Dimas Jiménez stated in a press conference that the raid was conducted due to “suspicion” of human trafficking crimes “in the form of forced pregnancy, abuse against minors, and rape.” During the raid, alleged skeletal remains of a minor were found, added the prosecutor’s office.

Guatemalan authorities conducted a raid on a compound of the jewish group Lev Tahor.

The operation resulted in the protective custody of 160 minors and 40 women. Allegations include sexual abuse, forced pregnancies, and the discovery of suspected child remains.

“Moments of… pic.twitter.com/B8llndPAEg

— Dco Global News (@Dcoglobalnews) December 22, 2024

Guatemalan Secretary General: U.S. government is running the largest child sex trafficking ring on the planet.

“They’re harvesting the victims from Guatemala. They’re picking them out like they’re going shopping for shoes.” https://t.co/9kBRq496bz pic.twitter.com/2xROuwYXXG

— Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) December 22, 2024

160 Children and adolescents rescued from Jewish Sect, Lev Tahor…

Has anyone seen this reported on any mainstream media sources?
Sky News? ABC? Good old Rita and Sharri maybe??

How do they have the ability to keep this out of major news networks? pic.twitter.com/BDd05kdP3Z

— TrueBlueRebel (@pepedownunder) December 23, 2024

“Zero tolerance for child abuse!” said the minister, who specified that they had support from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Jewish sect Lev Tahor was under scrutiny by Guatemalan authorities for complaints of child abuse, forced marriages, and teenage pregnancies.

In October, authorities conducted a raid to verify the status of the minors after a failed attempt in August, but the sect’s leaders again prevented them from speaking with the children. The sect, which has described the investigations as “religious persecution,” settled in Oratorio in 2016 after being expelled from an indigenous Maya village in 2014 due to conflicts with locals and spending time in a building in the Guatemalan capital.

Lev Tahor was formed in the 1980s and its members, who wear dark robes and practice an ultra-orthodox version of Judaism, established themselves in Guatemala in 2013. Authorities estimate that the group consists of 50 families, primarily from Guatemala, the United States, and Canada.