Overview

• Case files now include 122 fatal cases tied to HLB/Ramallo fentanyl, with a forensic panel linking the drug to 12 of the first 20 deaths reviewed.
• Judicial authorities maintain 96 deaths are formally under investigation, and records note pediatric victims, including two child fatalities in Rosario.
• Judge Ernesto Kreplak advances focused interrogations of production and quality personnel from Laboratorios Ramallo after detaining key executives including Ariel García Furfaro.
• On-site images show piles of discarded and broken ampoules at the Ramallo facility, while Malbrán reports seal failures, pooled sterility tests and genomic matches to patient infections.
• The Santa Fe prosecutor’s office is taking testimony on the reported disappearance of 68 fentanyl ampoules from Hospital Iturraspe during August 18–19, with security footage and access logs under review.