Some 230 members of an Orthodox Jewish group have begun leaving a village in western Guatemala after a bitter dispute with the local indigenous community.

The Lev Tahor members were asked to leave San Juan La Laguna after meeting with elders of the village.

The edict to leave was delivered on Wednesday after Lev Tahor and the Council of Indigenous Elders were unable to negotiate a solution to their disagreements.

Over the last several days, Lev Tahor members were seen packing their belongings on trucks in preparation for their departure.

Lev Tahor members, who practice an austere form of Judaism, also said they had received threats that water and electricity would be cut off if they stayed in the village.

Locals said a bus full of Lev Tahor families left for Guatemala City on Thursday and a second bus left on Friday morning.

VIllage elders said the Jewish members “wanted to impose their religion” and were undermining the Catholic faith that was predominant in San Juan La Laguna.


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