Overview

• Judge Kreplak’s federal inquiry identified bacterial contamination in lot N° 31.202 of fentanyl produced for HLB Pharma and linked it to 96 confirmed deaths while locating 232 ampoules.
• The national government formally filed for Kreplak’s recusal on conflict-of-interest grounds, citing his brother Nicolás Kreplak’s role as Buenos Aires health minister and a major purchaser of the implicated product.
• The Chamber of Deputies’ Health Commission approved five requests for reports to the Executive and is reviewing a proposal to create a dedicated congressional investigatory commission on the fentanyl case.
• Families of suspected victims, accusing authorities of a cover-up, presented their demands in Congress and continue to press for swift criminal imputations despite no arrests or formal charges so far.
• In a parallel judicial development, prosecutors in Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s attempted assassination trial sought 15-year sentences for Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte.