Lev Tahor cult members extradited to Guatemala after smuggling children to Belize
Three leaders of extremist Jewish sect were extradited to Guatemala on suspicion of kidnapping eight children and smuggling them to Belize; search for missing children continues
Three leaders of the extremist Jewish cult Lev Tahor, suspected of kidnapping eight children and smuggling them to Belize, were extradited overnight Thursday to Guatemala. The suspects — Avraham Dinkel, Chaim Malka and Moshe Yehuda Leib Alter — are expected to stand trial for child abduction.
Meanwhile, authorities continue searching for the missing children, who are believed to be held by another sect member.
Police with suspects
According to investigators, the three attempted to smuggle 11 children from Guatemala to neighboring Belize last Saturday. Local authorities managed to rescue three children before the group crossed the border.
Three leaders of the extremist Jewish cult Lev Tahor, suspected of kidnapping eight children and smuggling them to Belize, were extradited overnight Thursday to Guatemala. The suspects — Avraham Dinkel, Chaim Malka and Moshe Yehuda Leib Alter — are expected to stand trial for child abduction.
According to investigators, the three attempted to smuggle 11 children from Guatemala to neighboring Belize last Saturday. Local authorities managed to rescue three children before the group crossed the border.
Following an extensive manhunt, two of the kidnappers, Chaim Zvi Malka, 25, and Avraham Dinkel, 35, were arrested in Belize. Dinkel had previously been filmed assaulting an ultra-Orthodox man who had traveled to Guatemala to rescue children from the sect. Investigators say Malka and Dinkel first smuggled girls from the sect and then called a third man, Moshe Yehuda Leib Alter, to bring the boys.
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