Spurred by officials in Israel, child-protection authorities in Guatemala have raided an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect whose members fled Canada in 2014 after they came under investigation. About 200 police, crown prosecutors and representatives of the attorney general’s office executed a search warrant targeting the Lev Tahor community Tuesday, said Salvador Soto, a lawyer for the Lev Tahor community. After a few months in Ontario, as Canadian authorities scrutinized members’ immigration status, the group relocated to Guatemala. Now he fears that if Lev Tahor feels pressure in Guatemala, it will simply uproot and move to El Salvador or Honduras. Soto said the raids came after the Israeli embassy told Guatemalan authorities that the Lev Tahor leaders had prevented one child, an Israeli citizen, from leaving Guatemala.

Source: National Post September 15, 2016 01:41 UTC