Overview
- Miguel Ángel Berlini, 64, never regained consciousness after sedation for an implant and was pronounced dead by SAME at 16:40 inside Clínica Robles.
- The National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 59, led by Laura Belloqui, ordered the arrests of clinic owner and plastic surgeon Marcelo Fernando Robles, 57, and maxillofacial surgeon José Miguel Galeano, 47, and sealed the facility.
- The case is preliminarily labeled negligent homicide as investigators seize records, credentials, and perit the operating room, with autopsy and toxicology findings pending.
- Relatives say no anesthesiologist was present despite payment and allege Robles administered a sublingual sedative, a claim under review as authorities analyze what was given.
- Police noted no signs of violence or disorder, the doctors reported about 40 minutes of CPR, and the family reports staff discouraged requesting an autopsy.