Luchsinger reportedly armed himself with a revolver, while Mackay attempted to call family and police.
Their son quickly arrived at the scene, followed by firefighters, who found their charred bodies in the house.
During the night, the police arrested machi Celestino Córdova (26 years old) 1,750 meters from the site of the fire.
[2] The Temuco court rejected the terrorist nature of the charges but nonetheless found the machi Celestino Córdova guilty on February 20, 2014.
In September 2017, the prosecutor of La Araucanía, Roberto Garrido, confirmed that there was a connection between members of the Weichán Auka Mapu and the Luchsinger-Mackay case.