Overview

• Following a private hearing, a Durango control judge ordered the mother and stepfather bound to process on counts that include omission of care, usurpation of profession, falsification of documents, abandonment and improper medical practice.
• Both defendants will remain in preventive custody at CERESO No. 1 in Durango while prosecutors develop the complementary case over the court‑set three‑month period.
• Investigators report the 14‑year‑old underwent breast implant surgery at a private clinic on September 12 and died on September 20 after complications.
• The biological father alleges the procedure occurred without his consent and says a death certificate citing disease attempted to conceal the circumstances.
• Durango’s health‑risk authority confirmed COVID‑19 test documents tied to the case were fake, and the controversy has fueled proposals known as ‘Ley Nicole’ to restrict cosmetic surgery for minors.