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, "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