Mossad agents team up with Mexican cops to raid 'Jewish Taliban' cult near Guatemala border: Abducted boy is reunited with his father in Israel as leaders of extremist sect are charged with rape and human trafficking
- Police in Mexico raided the Lev Tahor compound in Tapachula on Friday
- The far-flung group has been dubbed a 'dangerous cult' by Israeli courts
- Women and children were taken into protective custody
- Three-year-old boy returned to Israel with his father, who quit the sect years ago
- Two sect leaders were charged with human trafficking and rape
- Five others were arrested on alleged immigration violations
- Lev Tahor is known as the 'Jewish Taliban' for its strict rules for women
Police in Mexico have conducted a raid on an extremist Jewish sect known for advocating child marriage, arresting two men and reuniting a young boy with his father who left the cult.
Mexican federal police, with the help of a volunteer team of Israelis including former Mossad agents, stormed the Lev Tahor compound near Tapachula on Friday morning, according to a BBC report citing Israeli sources close to the operation.
Multiple children were rescued, and one, age three, was reunited with his father Yisrael Amir, a former Lev Tahor member who has been trying to gain custody since disavowing the sect several years ago.
Lev Tahor, dubbed a 'dangerous cult' by Israeli courts, has faced allegations of kidnapping and sexual abuse, and its strict rules mandating head-to-toe coverings for women have led some to dub the group the 'Jewish Taliban'.
The group in Tapachula, which is in Mexico's Chiapas state in far southern Mexico, has lived there since leaving Guatemala in 2014 following friction with locals and tourists there.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11255949/Mexican-cops-raid-Lev-Tahor-sect-Chiapas.html
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