Spanish National Police dismantled a group in the Canary Islands that used Santería rituals to exert psychological control over followers, charging large sums of money for ceremonies involving animal sacrifice and consumption of dangerous substances, authorities said Tuesday.
Four people in Tenerife and one in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria were arrested on charges of illicit association, animal abuse, fraud, injuries, crimes against public health and false documentation, police said in a statement.
