Editing Human sacrifice (section)

==== Chile ====
In the coastal village Collileufu, native [[Mapuche|Lafkenches]] carried out a ritual human sacrifice in the days following the [[1960 Valdivia earthquake]]. Collileufu, located in the [[Budi Lake]] area, south of [[Puerto Saavedra]], was highly isolated in 1960. The Mapuche spoke primarily [[Mapudungun]]. The community had gathered in Cerro La Mesa, while the lowlands were struck by successive [[tsunami]]s. Juana Namuncura Añen,<ref name=mapuinfo/><ref name=australrios/> a local [[Machi (Shaman)|machi]], demanded the sacrifice of the grandson of Juan Painecur, a neighbor, in order to calm the earth and the ocean.<ref name=austral>{{cite web |title=El cristo mapuche se perdió en el mar |date=23 May 2010 |website=[[El Diario Austral de Valdivia]] |url=http://www.australdelosrios.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20100523/pags/20100523104628.html?s=www.australdelosrios.cl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707005843/http://www.australdelosrios.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20100523/pags/20100523104628.html?s=www.australdelosrios.cl |archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author-link=Patrick Tierney (journalist) |last=Tierney |first=Patrick |title=The highest altar: Unveiling the mystery of human sacrifice |year=1989 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-013974-7}}</ref> The victim was 5&nbsp;year-old José Luis Painecur, ''called'' an "orphan" (''huacho'') because his mother had gone to Santiago, for employment as a [[domestic worker]], and left her son under the care of her father.<ref name=austral/>

José Luis Painecur had his arms and legs removed by Juan Pañán{{Who|date=June 2020}} and Juan José Painecur (the victim's grandfather), and was stuck into the sand of the beach like a stake. The waters of the [[Pacific Ocean]] then carried the body out to sea. The authorities only learned about the sacrifice after a boy in the commune of [[Nueva Imperial]] denounced to local leaders the theft of two horses; these were allegedly eaten during the sacrifice ritual.<ref name=austral/> The two men were charged with the crime and confessed, but later recanted. They were released after two years. A judge ruled that those involved in these events had "acted without free will, driven by an irresistible natural force of ancestral tradition."<ref name=mapuinfo>{{cite web |title=El Niño Inmolado |last=Zúñiga |first=Arturo |date=15 August 2001 |website=Mapuche |language=es |url=http://www.mapuche.info/news02/merc010815.html |access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=australrios>{{cite web |title=El Cristo mapuche se perdió en el mar |last1=Carrillo |first1=Daniel |last2=Obreque |first2=Rodrigo |date=23 May 2010 |website=Diario Austral |language=es |url=http://www.australdelosrios.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20100523/pags/20100523104628.html |access-date=18 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416073208/http://australdelosrios.cl/prontus4_nots/site/artic/20100523/pags/20100523104628.html |archive-date=16 April 2011}}</ref> The story was mentioned in a ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine article, although with meagre detail.<ref>{{cite news |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |title=Chile: Asking for Calm |date=4 July 1960 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869529,00.html |access-date=8 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317104741/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C869529%2C00.html |archive-date=17 March 2010 }}</ref>