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After Years on the Run

WE GOT HIM: Eliezer Rumpler, Lev Tahor Cult Leader, Faces Extradition from Guatemala 

Eliezer Rumpler, who escaped Israel in 2020 using a forged passport while facing charges of abusing minors in the ultra-orthodox Lev Tahor cult has been arrested in Guatemala, after authorities conducted a massive raid on the sect's compound last month, rescuing over 160 children and gathering evidence of alleged human trafficking.

Gila Isaacson
1/14/2025
Children belonging to the Lev Tahor cult

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Eliezer Rumpler, from the Lev Tahor Haredi Jewish sect arrives to the Jerusalem District Court for a court hearing, 2020

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Children from Lev Tahor cult

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