Overview
- Mariela "N" and Gustavo "N" were detained by the FGJEM, bringing to five the number of Safe Productos Hospitalarios employees held in the case.
- All five are accused of probable involvement in the homicide of seven of the 13 newborns who died after receiving contaminated Nutrición Parenteral Total in November 2024.
- The FGJEM has requested a hearing to formally impute the company for probable crimes affecting consumption due to altered product quality.
- Authorities cite multidisciplinary peritajes and lab analyses detecting Klebsiella oxytoca in NPT samples and documenting serious sterilization and manufacturing failures.
- The deaths and infections were recorded at four Toluca-area facilities—IMIEM’s Hospital de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Hospital del Niño, IMSS-Bienestar’s Materno Perinatal Mónica Pretelini Sáenz, and Centro Médico Toluca—while investigations continue into remaining victims and additional suspects.