Crime

The indictment came at the culmination of a year-long undercover investigation that began in July of 2025, after suspicion arose regarding the suspects using social media to recruit victims.

Roxana Guzman, director of crime news outlet Pulso Informativo del Sureste, was abducted from her home on June 2 after armed, masked men broke down the front door.

An Interpol red notice is a request for law enforcement to locate and provisionally arrest a suspect no matter where they are found. It is not an international arrest warrant.

Last week, celebrity news site TMZ.com reported receiving an email from someone claiming to know the identities of the abductors and to have video of the "main guy" involved in her kidnapping.

Officers from the Israel Police's Counterterrorism Unit (YAMAM) apprehended the suspect, while Shin Bet provided intelligence support to the forces, the statement said.

The girl's screams, clearly audible in the final seconds of a video documenting the drama, are heard by passing drivers, who realize something bad is unfolding and jump into action.

The year-long Imams as Community Leaders program brought Islamic leaders from across the country to study community resilience, conflict resolution, and violence prevention strategies.

The incident follows a previous arson at the same cafe in May, after the owner reportedly received threats over the cafe’s Saturday opening.

Prosecutors say fingerprints and location data linked suspect Osher Peretz to the sophisticated device though he denies building or hiding it.

Police suspect the alleged stabber came to the yeshiva to pray with the rabbi. At the time, several former criminals who had returned to religious observance were also sitting around the rabbi.