4:29 p.m. Oct. 30, 2023: An earlier version of this story reported that the La Luz del Mundo leader had previously struck a plea deal with Los Angeles County prosecutors. The plea deal was struck with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A former fourth-generation member of La Luz ...

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The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo (now on Netflix) is the second grueling documentary in the last year about the crimes perpetrated by Mexican religious leader Naason Joaquin Garcia. This Netflix ...

Naason Joaquin Garcia, leader of La Luz del Mundo church, in court in Los Angeles in 2020. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Just days before his long-awaited trial was set to start, La Luz del Mundo ...

LEXINGTON — Atalia Cardenas was 15 years old when she joined nine other people in 1994 at her aunt and uncle’s home on Thomason Street in Lexington to begin La Luz Del Mundo, the Light of the World ...

A federal judge in Chicago on Monday ordered the pastor of a local chapter of the La Luz del Mundo megachurch held in custody to face federal charges alleging he helped cover up a widespread child sex ...

Spanning decades, “Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo” is another #MeToo story, this time on a disturbingly epic scale, exploring alleged sexual abuse that occurred across generations in a ...

To the editor: The article about Sochil Martin and the sexual slavery she said she endured as a lifelong member of the La Luz del Mundo church is horrifying, but not at all surprising. Since they ...