Baby thrown on bonfire 'in sacrifice by doomsday sect that thought it was the antichrist'
Baby thrown on bonfire 'in sacrifice by doomsday sect that thought it was the antichrist'
The three-day-old baby was taken to a hill and thrown into a bonfire - allegedly with the approval of its mum
Probe: An investigator collects samples of dirt at a farm used by the sect
Four people have been arrested after a baby was thrown on a fire in the belief it was the antichrist.The three-day-old baby was taken to a hill and thrown into a bonfire - allegedly with the approval of mum Natalia Guerra, 25.She has been arrested along with three members of a sect that believed the end of the world was coming.Police investigator Miguel Ampuero said: "The baby was naked. They strapped tape around her mouth to keep her from screaming."Then they placed her on a board. After calling on the spirits they threw her on the bonfire alive."Authorities in the town of Colliguay, Chile said the 12-member sect was formed in 2005 and led by Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete,
Leader: Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete
"Everyone in this sect was a professional," Mr Ampuero said."We have someone who was a veterinarian and who worked as a flight attendant, we have a film-maker, a draftsman."Everyone has a university degree."Police said Castillo Gaete, 36, remains at large and was last seen travelling to Peru to buy ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic plant he used to control members of the sect
The three-day-old baby was taken to a hill and thrown into a bonfire - allegedly with the approval of its mum
Probe: An investigator collects samples of dirt at a farm used by the sect Four people have been arrested after a baby was thrown on a fire in the belief it was the antichrist.The three-day-old baby was taken to a hill and thrown into a bonfire - allegedly with the approval of mum Natalia Guerra, 25.She has been arrested along with three members of a sect that believed the end of the world was coming.Police investigator Miguel Ampuero said: "The baby was naked. They strapped tape around her mouth to keep her from screaming."Then they placed her on a board. After calling on the spirits they threw her on the bonfire alive."Authorities in the town of Colliguay, Chile said the 12-member sect was formed in 2005 and led by Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete,
Leader: Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete "Everyone in this sect was a professional," Mr Ampuero said."We have someone who was a veterinarian and who worked as a flight attendant, we have a film-maker, a draftsman."Everyone has a university degree."Police said Castillo Gaete, 36, remains at large and was last seen travelling to Peru to buy ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic plant he used to control members of the sect
