Overview

• Ariel García Furfaro testified for six hours, denied responsibility for the tainted fentanyl, and accused former collaborator Andrés Quinteros of deliberately introducing bacteria.
• García Furfaro criticized ANMAT’s oversight and timeline, while court records cite Malbrán findings that lots 31.202 and 31.244 contained Klebsiella and Ralstonia species.
• LA NACION reports the Cuerpo Médico Forense found the drug fatally worsened 12 of the first 20 deaths reviewed, with 134 cases under examination in the federal probe.
• Santa Fe’s Health Ministry filed a criminal complaint over the disappearance of at least 50–68 fentanyl ampoules from Hospital Iturraspe, and officials confirmed they are not from HLB.
• Provincial authorities opened an administrative inquiry and warned about the risks of handling the opioid outside clinical settings, as the federal case proceeds with prior detentions and asset measures.