Bolivia arrests 8 Mennonite men accused of raping more than 60 women at their farm community

[Judi Lynn]

Bolivia arrests 8 Mennonite men accused of raping more than 60 women at their farm community
By Associated Press
11:33 PM EDT, June 23, 2009

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Eight men from a Mennonite farming community in eastern Bolivia have been accused of raping dozens of females at the settlement, a prosecutor said Tuesday, indicating at least one victim was an underage girl.

Prosecutor Freddy Perez told The Associated Press that 60 women, from 11 to 47 years old, have accused the men of rape. He said the men were suspected of using a form of aerosol spray to drug the women.

"Members of the community told us that for religious reasons, and because they didn't have electric lighting, they didn't move about late at night, but these youths did and were spotted jumping into the windows of houses," he said.

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Mennonites belong to a conservative Christian sect that does without most modern conveniences and limits contact with outsiders.

More:
http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-lt-bolivia-mennonites,0,6903705.story