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WinnieThePooh
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Mishpacha magazine had a feature article on the community of Guatemalan Geirim who have helped former Lev Tahor members who have been expelled. According to the article, as I remember it, they were interested in Judaism and when the Lev Tahor people dropped into their backyard, they were excited by the opportunity. They learned from and were misgayer by Lev Tahor, but soon after they realized what was going on there and left or were expelled en masse. But as their interest in being Jewish was real, they went through a second proper giyur by a mainstream US beis din. So if you are referring to these geirim, the answer is yes. Your question as to the validity of a giyur done by a Lev Tahor beis din still holds though, especially since the group had to undergo a second geirus.