NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- La Luz del Mundo (The Light of the World) today issued the following statement in response to the court's decision to deny bail for Sister Eva García de Joaquín ...

In November 2024, the main temple of the religious organisation La Luz del Mundo in Guadalajara was added to the Mexican state of Jalisco’s inventory of heritage sites. The decision to list the ...

The leader of Mexico-based evangelical megachurch La Luz del Mundo (Light of the World) has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges in a court in New York. Naasón Joaquín García, 56, is already ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexican megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to sex trafficking charges during his first appearance in a New York federal court, where he is charged ...

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 ...

Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of the La Luz del Mundo, and other key figures in the church are charged with federal crimes that carry penalties up to life in prison. He is seen here in 2019 in a ...

Damian Dovarganes / AP Six leaders of the Mexico-based La Luz del Mundo megachurch — including its current “apostle,” Naasón Joaquín García, his mother and four associates — are facing federal charges ...

NEW YORK - The leader of a Mexico-based megachurch with 5 million followers worldwide has been hit with federal sex trafficking charges in the United States, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Naason ...

A federal grand jury in New York returned an indictment charging the longtime leader of a Mexican megachurch imprisoned in Southern California for child sex abuse with racketeering conspiracy and sex ...

The indictment accused leaders of Iglesia La Luz del Mundo of sex trafficking. The leader and other emissaries of Iglesia La Luz del Mundo abused the power, doctrine and structure of the megachurch to ...