Orthodox Jewish Community Leaves Guatemala Village
Ultra-orthodox Lev Tahor community leaves South American village due to tensions with locals
A few months after moving from Canada to San Juan la Laguna village, in a remote part of Guatemala, to find religious freedom, a group from the ultra-orthodox Jewish Lev Tahor sect have been forced out of their homes, in a bitter conflict with village elders. The community was accused of trying to convert locals and scaring away tourists, who visit the village of 10,000 people.
![Lev Tahor Man Carrying a stove Lev Tahor Man Carrying a stove](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396774/lev-tahor-man-carrying-stove.jpg)
![Saying Farewell to Locals Saying Farewell to Locals](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396775/saying-farewell-locals.jpg)
![Village Children Village Children](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396776/village-children.jpg)
![Man and children Man and children](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396777/man-children.jpg)
![Arrived in his new home Arrived in his new home](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396778/arrived-his-new-home.jpg)
![Lev Tahor at prayer Lev Tahor at prayer](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396779/lev-tahor-prayer.jpg)
![Child on a bus Child on a bus](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396780/child-bus.jpg)
![At the market At the market](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396781/market.jpg)
![Unloading the bus Unloading the bus](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396783/unloading-bus.jpg)
![Lev Tahor women boarding the bus Lev Tahor women boarding the bus](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396784/lev-tahor-women-boarding-bus.jpg)
![Lev Tahor boy lookings back Lev Tahor boy lookings back](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1396785/lev-tahor-boy-lookings-back.jpg)
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