US EditionColombia expels members of ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor
Colombian authorities acted on local tips and prior abuse allegations to transfer 26 Lev Tahor members, including 17 children, to U.S. custody for child welfare review.
- Colombia expelled 26 members of the Lev Tahor sect, including 17 minors, due to concerns for their safety following an Interpol alert about missing children.
- Members of Lev Tahor were arrested on November 22 during a joint operation by migration and police authorities in a hotel in Yarumal, Colombia.
- Authorities determined that some adults did not have legal custody of the accompanying minors, which added to the sect's history of child abuse, including kidnapping and forced marriages.
- Seventeen minors were placed into protective custody, while adults were turned over to U.S. authorities for legal status assessment.
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Colombia expelled nine members of the Jewish Orthodox sect Lev Tahor on Monday, after the authorities rescued 17 children who remained in their custody in the north-west of the country, five of them with an international search warrant for the risk of trafficking. The nine adult members of the sect “were handed over to U.S. authorities” after their expulsion, announced in a video statement the director of the immigration state entity Gloria Arri…
Authorities rescue 26 individuals, including 17 minors, who were allegedly rescued and listed as missing in their countries of origin.
Lev Tahor sect members expelled from Colombia
The Colombian government on Monday expelled nine adult members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor and placed 17 minors associated with the group into the protective custody of US authorities, following an international alert regarding the safety of the children.
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