Antares de la Luz
Antares de la Luz | |
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| Born | Ramón Gustavo Castillo Gaete 20 December 1977 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 1 May 2013 (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 |
| Details | |
| Victims | 1 |
| Date | 23 November 2012 |
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, where he claimed to be the second coming of Jesus and was known as "Antares de la Luz" (from Spanish, "Antares of the Light").
In 2012, one of the cult members, 25-year-old Natalia Guerra, became pregnant with his child, who he believed to be the Antichrist. 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. 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.