A cult operating in Mexico , along the U.S. border , is accused of kidnapping and forcing victims to work and have sex , the country 's National Migration Institute said Wednesday . Fourteen foreigners -- accused by victims ' relatives of demanding `` tithes '' from local followers -- were detained , and at least some are in the process of being deported , said the federal attorney general 's office , or PGR . Three Mexican citizens are being held on suspicion of human trafficking , the PGR said . Immigration authorities and police raided the Defenders of Christ group in Nuevo Laredo , Mexico , the migration institute said Tuesday night . Nuevo Laredo is across the border from its sister city , Laredo , Texas . Six of the detained foreigners were Spanish , two Brazilian , two Bolivian , two Venezuelan , one Argentinean and one Ecuadorean . The Defenders of Christ are not officially registered as a religious organization under Mexican law . Authorities released the name of only one of those involved with the group , Jose Arenas Losanger Segovia , a Venezuelan identified as the leader of the organization , which `` was characterized by its recruiting of people at the national level . '' CNN Freedom Project : Ending modern-day slavery . A website for the cult identifies Losanger as an `` apostle '' of the reincarnation of Christ . The group believes that a man named Ignacio Gonzalez de Arriba is the reincarnation of Jesus . CNN has reached out to the prosecutor 's office and the lawyers of those involved but has been unsuccessful in getting replies . Myrna Garcia , coordinator for the Support Network for Victims of Cults , says her group first received complaints about Gonzalez in December 2011 . In February 2012 , the group filed a complaint with authorities about the Defenders of Christ . Garcia called Gonzalez `` very dangerous because he manipulates the minds of people to satisfy his whims . '' The accusations that the cult victims network gathered paint a picture of a man who forced people into labor without pay or threatened to deny food . `` He was able to convince them that they had to behave in certain ways to satisfy his economic and sexual needs , '' Garcia said . Women were made to have sex with the men in the group , and polygamy was promoted in the cult , Garcia said . Women were beaten and forced to prostitute themselves , she said . Many of the victims became suicidal and lost contact with their families and children , she said . European police arrest 103 in suspected human trafficking ring .
Ecuadorean authorities raid a cult operating in Ignacio Gonzalez de Arriba , U.S. . The group is said to have been involved in kidnapping and forced labor . 14 Mexican citizens are being held on suspicion of human trafficking . Three foreigners were detained , and some will be deported .