Conviction New religious movements Doomsday / apocalyptic group Colliguay, Quilpué, Chile · 2012

Antares de la Luz: convictions after an apocalyptic group’s ritual killing of an infant

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Appellate history

2017-04-18

The court affirmed the effective prison sentences imposed on Guerra and Undurraga.

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

apocalyptic group leader, leader’s senior follower, parent within the group

Organization

Antares de la Luz group

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The cited record identifies apocalyptic prophecy, leader control, ritual command, and group concealment as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is apocalyptic group leader, leader’s senior follower, and parent within the group.

Ritual, oath, or initiation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2017-03-06 · abbreviated criminal proceeding and sentencing

Guarantee Court of Quilpué. Natalia Guerra and Pablo Undurraga received five-year effective prison sentences; five accessories received three-year substitute sentences.

Documented coercion mechanisms

apocalyptic prophecy
leader control
ritual command
group concealment

Cited record

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prosecuting authority conviction release Public Prosecutor’s Office of Chile, ‘Fiscalía obtuvo condena de la Secta de Antares de la Luz’ (Mar. 2, 2017).: Chile’s prosecuting authority records the convictions and the evidence that the group killed an infant during a 2012 end-times ritual after its leader declared the child infernal.
prosecuting authority sentencing release Public Prosecutor’s Office of Chile, ‘Fiscalía logra penas solicitadas contra la Secta de Antares de la Luz’ (Mar. 6, 2017).: The sentencing release identifies the effective five-year prison terms for Guerra and Undurraga and the substitute sentences imposed on five accessories.
prosecuting authority appellate disposition Public Prosecutor’s Office of Chile, ‘Corte mantiene penas de cárcel efectiva en caso Antares de la Luz’ (Apr. 18, 2017).: The release records the Valparaíso Court of Appeals’ decision affirming the effective prison sentences imposed on Guerra and Undurraga.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.fiscaliadechile.cl/actualidad/noticias/regionales/fiscalia-obtuvo-condena-de-la-secta-de-antares-de-la-luz Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: conviction-release. SHA-256 0a6fa682a390d8b84e2604de32918e6eaad8abcaf003c9028ce16ea7d364f454
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Source and tier basis: https://www.fiscaliadechile.cl/actualidad/noticias/regionales/fiscalia-logra-penas-solicitadas-contra-la-secta-de-antares-de-la Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: sentencing-release. SHA-256 1c12736f8110fa7756cbef405279c688f0c2413ce23bf41a4ba6e967b9af27bb
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Source and tier basis: https://www.fiscaliadechile.cl/index.php/actualidad/noticias/regionales/corte-mantiene-penas-de-carcel-efectiva-en-caso-antares-de-la-luz Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: appellate-disposition. SHA-256 dc5aa97db1fb6442e26d13398193498d22407c2232d8ea337993b16311153ec9
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