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Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies Forms 90-Day Fentanyl Probe, Names Fein Chair

The commission plans public hearings with victims’ families and will seek testimony from Health Minister Mario Lugones.

Mónica Fein, del socialismo, será la presidenta de la Comisión Investigadora del fentanilo adulterado
Victoria Tolosa Paz, Mónica Fein y Silvana Giudici son las autoridades de la comisión fentanilo.
Diputados constituyó la \"comisión investigadora\" del fentanilo contaminado.

Overview

  • Lawmakers constituted the 31-member investigatory commission by unanimous vote and set a mandate that runs to December 9.
  • Mónica Fein was chosen as president, with Silvana Giudici as vice president and Victoria Tolosa Paz as secretary, in a multiparty lineup.
  • The panel will quantify cases, reconstruct the outbreak timeline, examine traceability and ANMAT oversight, and review the status of HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo, including possible evidence destruction.
  • Hearings will be public unless confidentiality is requested, and the commission plans to invite ANMAT officials, Lugones and relatives of the 96 victims; meetings are slated for Tuesdays at noon.
  • The legislative review proceeds alongside the La Plata federal case, which has 17 defendants, production failures tied to lots 31.202 and 31.244, roughly 96 confirmed deaths and a suspected third lot still untraced.