Overview
- Migración Colombia located nine adults and 17 minors on Nov. 22 in a Yarumal hotel, including five children flagged by international location alerts.
- The group left on a flight to New York, where U.S. authorities will receive the expelled adults to assess legal status and any pending requirements.
- The minors were transferred to New York Child Protective Services after being held in a state facility under ICBF supervision in Colombia.
- Colombian officials said some adults lacked valid custody under U.S. orders, which triggered a preventive Interpol alert and halted plans to settle in Colombia.
- Lev Tahor has repeatedly relocated across borders; authorities recovered about 160 children in Guatemala in 2024, and El Salvador handed leader Eluzur Rumpler to Israel in June.