Reyna
Chicas leads a relatively small Pentecostal group of Salvadoran immigrant women
and children in California. The group has been identified as an apocalyptic
cult, and they’ve been under rather intense surveilance. It suddenly
disappeared in September 2010 in the wake of
“alarming
behaviors suggesting possible mass suicide”,
which led to a police manhunt in the San Gabriel Mountains and Antelope Valley
– the cultists were found still alive, but exhibiting somewhat strange behavior,
and Chicas was kept under a 72-hour supervision and hospitalized for her own
safety and because she “appeared
confused about who she was.” The goals and intentions of the group were and remain
a little unclear (something to do with the Rapture seems likely), but the adult
women and children had left letters for loved ones saying they were going to
meet Jesus. When found, many of them were carrying small dogs, though it is unclear
for what purpose. More on the bizarre story here.
Diagnosis:
A little unclear, but Chicas doesn’t seem particularly well hinged – her
influence is limited, but may be extremely detrimental to those affected. The
current status of her cult and herself is unknown.
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