Unlicensed buttocks injections killed a man in 2013. Arrest made, Sacramento-area police say

Ishani Desai

August 20, 2024 at 10:03 p.m.·1 min read

A woman accused of practicing plastic surgery while unlicensed in Citrus Heights was arrested this week on suspicion of homicide after she allegedly injected a man’s buttocks with silicone, which led to medical complications that killed him more than a decade ago, police said.

In 2013, Diego Lopez received silicone injections in his buttocks, Citrus Heights police officers said on social media, and he suffered “fatal complications.” Similar procedures are often informally known as Brazilian butt lifts.

The 49-year-old woman accused of administering the procedure, Alejandra Aguilera-Ortega, fled to Mexico after Lopez died, police said.

She returned “recently” to Citrus Heights, where police arrested her Monday on suspicion of homicide at an apartment complex, police said.

Aguilera-Ortega is being held without bail at the downtown Sacramento County Main Jail. She is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.

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