Paul Schäfer

==Arrest and death, 2005–2010==
In March 2005, Schäfer was found <ref name="Guardian"/> nearly eight years after his disappearance, hiding in a townhouse in an expensive gated community<ref name="falc"/> known as Las Acacias, {{Convert|40|km|abbr=in}} from [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina. Following two days of negotiations between Chilean and Argentine authorities, Schäfer was extradited to Chile to face a court hearing. There, he was charged with being involved in the 1976 disappearance of the political [[Activism|activist]] [[Juan Maino]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New charges for Chile cult head |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4370607.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=22 March 2005 |access-date=20 October 2008 }}</ref>

In July 2005, police unearthed Schäfer’s buried military weaponry, much of it World War II vintage, including grenades and machine guns that were produced by the colony.<ref name="falc"/>

On 24 May 2006, Schäfer was sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually abusing 25 children and was ordered to pay 770 million [[Chilean peso|pesos]] (approximately US$1.5 million) to 11 minors whose representatives had filed claims against Schäfer. Schäfer was found guilty of 20 counts of dishonest abuses and five counts of child [[rape]], all committed between 1993 and 1997.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chilean colony sex abuser jailed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5014608.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=24 May 2006 |access-date=20 October 2008 }}</ref>

On 24 April 2010, Schäfer died aged 88 years<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8641882.stm|title=Chile cult leader Schaefer dies in Chile prison|date=24 April 2010|publisher=BBC News|access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref> at the Santiago de Chile's Ex-Penitentiary's Hospital due to heart failure. It was later revealed that he was suffering from a severe cardiac illness.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}