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Congressional Panel Sets Kreplak Meeting as Fentanyl Deaths Reach 124

The judge reports 124 fatalities, citing broken traceability that forces a vial-by-vial search.

Overview

  • A cross-party delegation will travel to La Plata on Thursday to meet Judge Ernesto Kreplak for a briefing on the criminal probe.
  • Victims' families demanded Health Minister Mario Lugones appear before the panel and cautioned against using their loss for electoral purposes.
  • Tensions flared when relative Gisele Oviedo accused Vice President of the commission Silvana Giudici of politicizing the tragedy and asked her to remove a photo from social media.
  • Lawmakers said an earlier 30-question request to the Executive went unanswered and approved expanded inquiries to national and provincial health and security bodies, ANMAT, and other agencies.
  • The commission plans to call Malbrán director Claudia Perandones and UNODC expert Luis García Sigman at its next session as investigators continue to reconstruct distribution ampoule by ampoule.