Baby burned to death on bonfire in Chile after cult leader decided she was the antichrist

Three-day-old infant placed on board with her mouth taped and thrown into the flames

The mother, 26, had allegedly approved of the sacrifice of her child



Police have arrested four members sect which comprised of 12 'professional' people



A three-day-old baby was thrown on a bonfire and burned to death in an horrific ritual because a cult leader had decided she was the antichrist and that the end of the world was near.



Police in Chile have arrested four people accused of taking part in the ritual in which the baby was placed on a board with her mouth taped before being thrown into the flames.



The baby was taken to a hill in the town of Colliguay near the Chilean port of Valparaiso on Nov. 21 where the ritual took place.



Search: Chilean police collect dirt samples at the farm used by the sect who reportedly burned a baby alive

Investigation: The alleged act was performed at a house in Collguay

The baby's mother, 25-year-old Natalia Guerra, had allegedly approved the sacrifice.



Miguel Ampuero, of the Police investigative Unit, Chile's equivalent of the FBI, 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.'



Wanted: Chilean authorities said the 12-member sect that threw the baby on a bonfire was formed in 2005 and was led by Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete, 36, who remains at large

Authorities said the 12-member sect was formed in 2005 and was led by Ramon Gustavo Castillo Gaete, 36, who remains at large.



'Everyone in this sect was a professional,' Ampuero said. 'We have someone who was a veterinarian and who worked as a flight attendant, we have a filmmaker, a draftsman. Everyone has a university degree.'

