Antares de la Luz
Chilean musician and leader of a doomsday-oriented religious sect / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ramón Gustavo Castillo Gaete (20 December 1977 – 1 May 2013) was a Chilean murderer and leader of a doomsday-oriented religious sect stationed in Colliguay, a rural area in the Valparaíso Region,[1] where he claimed to be the second coming of Jesus and was known as "Antares de la Luz" (from Spanish, "Antares of the Light").
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Born | Ramón Gustavo Castillo Gaete 20 December 1977 Santiago, Chile |
Died | 1 May 2013(2013-05-01) (aged 35) Cusco, Peru |
Cause of death | Suicide by hanging |
Alma mater | Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences |
Occupation(s) | Musician and cult leader |
Years active | 2009–2013 |
Children | 1 |
Capture status | Committed suicide before being captured |
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Victims | 1 |
Date | 23 November 2012 |
In 2012, one of the cult members, 25-year-old Natalia Guerra,[2] became pregnant with his child, who he believed to be the Antichrist.[1] Castillo's infant son was ultimately immolated in a bonfire on 23 November of that year as a human sacrifice, to prevent the supposedly incoming end of the world on 21 December 2012.[2] After Chilean authorities were informed of the murder in April 2013, a nationwide manhunt headed by the Investigations Police of Chile began, which soon spread to neighboring Bolivia and Peru, the latter of which where he hanged himself to evade capture.