Lev Tahor Leaders Sentenced for Child Kidnapping and Exploitation

Three senior members of the extremist sect receive lengthy prison terms for abducting children and facilitating illegal marriages.

Yakov, Shmiel, and Yoil Weingarten were sentenced to 12-14 years in prison.
The brothers kidnapped a 14-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother from New York in 2018.
The children were smuggled to Mexico to reunite the girl with her adult 'husband.'
The Weingartens used disguises, fake documents, and encrypted apps to evade authorities.
The case involved multiple jurisdictions and a coordinated international search effort.