Members of the Haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor are apparently moving to Guatemala in rising numbers, Canadian media reported over the weekend.
A family member living in Israel told the Montreal Gazette that he travelled last month to Guatemala to visit his sister, who recently moved there from Ontario in violation of a Canadian court order. The man, identified only as K. because of a court order, told the Gazette that he saw his sister and six of her children – the two elder daughters are in foster care – living in a small, squalid shack in the village of San Juan de Laguna, east of Guatemala City. In addition to another adult family member who also fled Canada, the shack was crammed with 30 other sect members, K. said.
Last March, a Guatemalan court ruled that the family would be allowed to remain in Guatemala, but under certain conditions, such as checking in with the Canadian embassy.
While K. was not allowed to enter the shack, he found out from members of the local Jewish community that the children sleep on the dirt floor and lack a regular supply of food and water, as well as basic facilities like plumbing. K. wrote on his Facebook page that he recoiled to see the state of his nephew, who was dirty and covered with bug bites. "I hugged him and couldn't let go," he wrote.
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