"Orrego, who runs a small supermarket in the heart of the northern Colombian town of Yarumal, had liked the foreign stranger's manners. He made an effort to speak Spanish well, paid in cash with new bills, and was almost always on time. Plus, he bought on a large scale, as if for a crowd: 22 pounds of peanuts, 55 of oranges, 22 of eggplant, 220 of potatoes, 50 coconuts, 75 limes"
"A week after meeting this mysterious man, an incredulous Orrego had to bring his face close to the television screen to believe what it was showing him: that his American friend was the main suspect arrested in an operation carried out against Lev Tahor, the ultra-radical Judaic sect whose leaders have been convicted of abuse and child marriage in the United States. The Jewish Taliban, as the group is known, had been looking to settle down in Antioquia, the Colombian department. In Orrego's town."
Andres Orrego, a Yarumal shopkeeper, befriended a foreign buyer who paid in cash and purchased large, unusual quantities of food. Television later revealed the man as the main suspect in an operation against Lev Tahor, an ultra-radical Judaic sect whose leaders have been convicted of abuse and child marriage in the United States. The group, nicknamed the Jewish Taliban, had sought to settle in Antioquia and established a commune of eight adults and 17 minors living in a truck-stop hotel. Most Yarumal residents remained unaware of the sect until images of veiled girls and boys with payot circulated globally.
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