A court in Guatemala has approved the extradition to the US of two
senior leaders of the Lev Tahor ultra-Orthodox cult – brothers Yaakov
Weingarten and Shmuel “Shmiel” Weingarten – where they face child
exploitation offenses.
The
Third Criminal Sentencing Court in Guatemala authorized the extradition
of the two men on Thursday and Friday, after they were charged in April
this year by the US attorney for the Southern District of New York for
the kidnap of a 14-year old girl and for smuggling her across the
US-Mexico border to reunite her with her adult husband.
According to media in Guatemala where the Lev Tahor
cult is currently located, the court has verified that there are
currently no legal proceedings against the Weingarten brothers and that
the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry is therefore authorized to begin
extradition proceedings.
Remember when Ami Magazine ran a puff piece on these guys, how they were leaving true ideal Judaism? Didn't know that child abuse and exploitation were Torah values.
ReplyDeletethey ran a puff piece on Shabbetai Zvi as well. Wait, Ami wasn't around at the time, but Taz's son in law went to meet Shabbetai, and came back with good reports, about him being a Tzaddik and possibly moshiach.
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