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Santa Fe Joins Federal Fentanyl Probe as Ampoule Recovery Stalls

The province is formalizing its querellante status in Judge Kreplak’s investigation by submitting technical evidence from ongoing lab analyses.

FENTANILO AMPOLLA
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García Furfaro y Cristina Kirchner

Overview

  • Santa Fe has officially entered the federal criminal case, enabling it to present evidence and request judicial measures alongside the public prosecutor’s office.
  • The provincial government sent samples of the suspect fentanyl ampoules to Iname and patient specimens to Malbrán for bacterial testing.
  • Federal authorities have executed 22 raids on facilities linked to HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo, yet only about 40% of the 932,880 distributed ampoules have been secured.
  • Batches contaminated with Ralstonia pickettii, Klebsiella pneumoniae MBL and Klebsiella variicola have been tied to at least 52 confirmed deaths.
  • Lawmakers including Deputy Mónica Fein are demanding congressional hearings to address gaps in oversight of injectable drug manufacturing.