The FBI arrested five leaders of the Jewish extremist cult Lev Tahor in Mexico, Yeshiva World News reported.
In a nightly operation and in cooperation with Interpol, the FBI raided Lev Tahor-owned properties in Mexico and is working on transferring the suspects to the US, the report said.
Charges against the men might include kidnapping, sexual abuse, running a cult, extortion, intimidation, child abuse and more.
Her home was a remote, guarded compound in Guatemala featuring makeshift houses with wood pellets for floors, plastic bags over two-by-fours for walls and tin sheets for ceilings.
There was no air conditioning, no hot water and, until recently, no toilets.
But Sara Helbrans, 32, didn’t start making waves until earlier this year, when she was told her then-13-year-old daughter would be marrying the son of a community leader, according to filings she submitted to a Brooklyn court.
Updated: May 31, 2022
The horrors of the Lev Tahor cult know no bounds, and they will do anything – including Chillul Shabbos – to maintain their stranglehold on its members.
Authorities in Upstate New York are currently investigating an alleged kidnapping of two of the recent escapees from the Lev Tahor Cult – which occured on Shabbos.
Sources confirm to YWN that two children of the Teller family that recently escaped from the cult in Guatemala were spending Shabbos in the Catskills, when the incident occured.