The National Civil Police reported this June 19 that A member of the Lev Tahor community, who fled from Guatemala And he was captured in El Salvador, he was delivered this Friday to the Interpol-Guatemala Police.
According to the brief report of the PNC on social networks, the religious member was delivered to the Guatemalan authorities at La Aurora International Airport.
“It has dual nationality, Salvadoran-Guatemaltec, also Another man was arrested for a case of femicide, “said the PNC.
The member of the Orthodox Jewish sect was identified by Salvadoran authorities as Jonathan Emmanuel Cardona Castillo, when he was captured last January 2025.
According to Salvadoran authorities, Castillo is required in Guatemala for the crimes of Trafficking in their forced pregnancy modalityviolation and abuse of minors.
“This subject intended to enter El Salvador through the Las Chinamas border, in Ahuachapán, however could not mock justice“Salvadoran authorities said at the time of their capture.
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Honduran and Salvadoran extradited from El Salvador
Member of the Lev Tahor community, he was captured in El Salvador today is delivered to police from the Interpol-Guatemala at the La Aurora International Airport, located in Zone 13 pic.twitter.com/8KEPDMBH3R
– PNC of Guatemala (@pncdeguatemala) June 19, 2025
Castillo would have left the country in December 2024, when the authorities declared him as a fugitive from justice when they could not locate him After an operation where 160 children were rescued from the Lev Tahor sect.
Another extradited
The Public Ministry informed that the Salvadoran authorities Julio Enrique Amaya Turcios, syndicated of the crime of femicide was also delivered to the Guatemalan authorities. “His extradition was completed following an arrest warrant completed by the Prosecutor’s Office of Crimes against Life, for alleged events that occurred in Guatemala in 2014,” said the MP.
Both individuals are being transferred to the corresponding jurisdictional bodies in Guatemala to solve their legal status.
Jonathan Emmanuel Cardona Castillo, is a Salvadoran with arrest warrant in Guatemala for the crimes of:
▪️Trata of people in their forced pregnancy mode.
▪️ Violation and abuse of minors.This subject intended to enter El Salvador through the border … pic.twitter.com/fvrjnx0yeo
– PNC El Salvador (@PNCSV) January 3, 2025