160 Children Rescued in Guatemala from Jewish Sect Investigated for Abuse
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The Lev Tahor Jewish sect was in the crosshairs of Guatemalan authorities due to allegations of child abuse, forced marriages and teenage pregnancies.
Guatemalan authorities on Friday rescued 160 children from a farm belonging to the Lev Tahor sect, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group under investigation for alleged sexual abuse of minors , the Interior Minister and the Attorney General's Office reported.
"The operation led to the rescue of 160 minors who were allegedly being abused by a member of the Lev Tahor sect," wrote Minister Francisco Jiménez on the 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 said at a press conference that the raid was carried out due to "suspicion" of human trafficking crimes "in the form of forced pregnancy, child abuse and rape ."
The alleged remains of a minor were found during the raid , the prosecutor's office added.
" Zero tolerance for child abuse! " said the minister, who said they had the support of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The Jewish sect Lev Tahor was in the crosshairs of Guatemalan authorities due to allegations of child abuse, forced marriages and teenage pregnancies .
In October, authorities carried out a raid to check on the minors after a failed attempt in August, but the sect leaders again prevented them from talking to them.
The sect, which has described investigations as "religious persecution" , settled in Oratorio in 2016 after being expelled from an indigenous Mayan village in 2014 due to conflicts with locals and spending time in a building in the Guatemalan capital.
By whom?
Lemme guess ... the jews running the place.
Why?
They don't have to kidnap if they create their own.
That would be your answer.
These people are sick.
Saving Israel for last.
Im Jewish. Never heard of this shit until today. Fucked up. No matter what race or faith.
Ignorance does not equal innocence. It would be best if those who followed the Jewish faith cleaned out the riff raff themselves.
They are 98% riff raff
We've seen pedophiles, psychopaths, and abusers in every religion: Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Muslim, and the many off-shoots of these religions, not just Judaism.
Unlike the Roman Catholic church, which had a horrible pedophile problem, the Jewish people don't have a central authority able to "clean out the riff-raff" of every practitioner of their religion, which, like most religions, has many off-shoots with their own rules and practices. How is a Reform Jewish congregation in Brooklyn, for example, responsible for a small abusive sect in Guatemala they'd never heard of?
Sometimes ignorance does equal innocence.
For example, we all know that horrors are occurring all over the world. We are not guilty of committing these crimes or of allowing them. There is a world population of 8 billion people, some of whom are sick and evil. As individuals, we don't have the knowledge, power, resources, ability, or authority to detect, identify, and stop all of them.
It's not like we, the decent citizens of the world, just shrug our shoulders and do nothing. The citizens of most developed countries pay a significant amount in taxes to fund operators to respond to crime reports, Child Protective Services to investigate child abuse, police to find and arrest perpetrators, courts to try the cases, and prisons to keep the criminals locked up.
Most of us thought these institutions were doing their best to arrest the criminals and protect the innocent. It took the Great Awakening to show us that the criminals have been taking over and running these institutions for some time.
Hopefully, the taking back of these institutions by the good guys should clean out the riff-raff of all religions.
I'm a recovering Catholic. I've heard of this kind of shit since I was a kid. You're right, it IS fucked up. And certainly not confined to one particular race or faith. But we all have our crosses to bear.
There was a documentary on Youtube (I think), a few years ago. Followed the story of a young boy who escaped this sect. From what I recall he was American and his family was heavily involved.
Wow, with the support of the DHS, interesting.
Guatemala does have the death penalty, lethal injection or firing squad… and the last one in 2000 for kidnappers & murderers was Lethal Injection and on live TV.