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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | December 2007 
Mexican Police Arrest 'Fake' Plastic Surgeon
 Independent Online
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Mexico City - A man who allegedly posed as a plastic surgeon and botched dozens of facelift, liposuction and breast and rear implant surgeries has been placed under arrest in central Mexico.
Agustin Huerta Navarro, 48, was taken to prison on Thursday on suspicion of committing crimes of medical irresponsibility and damages, the Jalisco state attorney general's office said in a statement.
Of the 43 complaints former patients filed against Huerta Navarro, seven were deemed serious enough to prompt the arrest warrant.
Huerta Navarro is a doctor but did not specialise in plastic surgery, making it illegal for him to perform such operations in Mexico, the attorney general's office said.
According to the statement, he often pressured patients to undergo surgery - sometimes the same day he met them.
Huerta Navarro had been confined to his house since November 8, when a number of patients filed complaints. |
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