Overview

• Federal judge Ernesto Kreplak processed 14 defendants, including HLB Pharma owner Ariel García Furfaro, in the probe of contaminated fentanyl distributed to hospitals.
• The case file now counts 124 deaths under investigation linked to the outbreak, including 54 in Buenos Aires Province, 1 in the capital, 50 in Santa Fe, 7 in Córdoba and 3 in Formosa.
• Furfaro was ordered held in preventive detention as a coauthor for adulteration of medicinal substances, with the ruling attributing 20 deaths to his alleged conduct.
• Prosecutors detailed new audiovisual evidence dated May 17–18, 2025 that shows orders to destroy ampoules in an autoclave, shut off security cameras and erase servers, and to backdate batch records.
• Additional executives and staff were processed, some under house arrest, and asset embargoes were imposed as investigators pursue alleged cover‑up actions and production failures tied to lot 31202.