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Mexico Opens Criminal Case Against Alleged Lev Tahor Member on Organized Crime, Trafficking Counts

The judge authorized a two‑month investigative phase, keeping the suspect in pretrial detention in Tapachula.

Overview

  • Federal agents executed an arrest warrant in Chiapas in a coordinated operation involving the SSPC and the FGR’s Criminal Investigation Agency.
  • Prosecutors accuse Yoel Alter of organized crime to commit human trafficking under the hypothesis of forced marriages of minors.
  • A federal judge linked him to process and ratified preventive detention at the Tapachula state reentry center.
  • The defense invoked duplicidad del término constitucional during the initial hearing, seeking a constitutional time extension to define his legal status.
  • Investigators describe Lev Tahor as a transnational group operating in Israel, New York, Guatemala and Mexico, with prior U.S. convictions of leaders reported in 2021 and 2024.