The arrests late Tuesday followed a raid on a farm run by members of the Lev Tahor sect in Oratorio, southeast of Guatemala City, from where 160 children were rescued in December.
Lev Tahor, which practices an ultra-Orthodox form of Judaism in which women wear black tunics covering them from head to toe, have accused authorities of religious persecution.
After the December raid, relatives belonging to the sect broke into a care center trying to retrieve the children taken. The minors were recovered by authorities and placed under protection.
American Chaim Malka, 24 and Canadian Dinkel Avrohom, 33, were handed over to Guatemala by authorities in Belize, to where they had attempted to flee, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Interpol had also issued a red notice for the four, police said.
A week earlier, police also detained an Israeli member of the sect wanted by Mexico for human trafficking.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Guatemala arrests US, Canadian sect members for alleged child abuse )
Also on site :