Overview
- A federal judge found the arrest lawful and ordered Yoel Alter held without bail after his capture in Chiapas.
- The FGR imputed him for organized crime to commit human trafficking under the forced‑marriage hypothesis.
- His defense requested the constitutional term extension, postponing the judge’s ruling on binding him over to stand trial.
- Authorities say the Romanian national is tied to Lev Tahor, a sect founded in Jerusalem in 1988 and accused of abducting minors, abuse, kidnappings and neglect in several countries.
- Security agencies located the group’s operations in Chiapas through coordinated intelligence, and officials point to prior leader arrests and child rescues in Mexico and abroad.