Authorities in Guatemala raided the compound of Lev Tahor, an extremist Jewish sect, and removed 160 children and teenagers after allegations of abuse and human trafficking.

The authorities said at least 160 children and teenagers might have been the victims of human trafficking and other crimes on a farm run by Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox sect.

Relatives of children from extreme ultra-Orthodox group that's accused of abuse break into Guatemala City shelter, grabbing kids; authorities manage to recover some minors

Guatemalan authorities search the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect and take at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody.

They took at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody. The operation in the Santa Rosa region involved around 480 police personnel, soldiers, prosecutors, and psychologists who also seized electronic devices and searched for evidence of child pornography.

Guatemalan authorities rescued 160 children and adolescents from the fundamentalist Jewish cult Lev Tahor in southeastern Guatemala on Friday following allegations of child abuse, including rape, prosecutors said.

Guatemala has rescued at least 160 children and 40 women following a raid on an extremist ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect's compound over reports

Authorities in Guatemala resist efforts by a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises.

Guatemalan authorities on Monday recovered several minors taken from a care center by members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect under investigation for alleged child sexual abuse.Some of the children were found the same day,