The plastic surgeon accused of involuntary manslaughter in the case of Dominican journalist Isabel Vargas, and who was also connected to the death of Puerto Rican Dhelmalys Rios in 1999, is once again making headlines as another of his patients dies. In 1999, following the unfortunate fatal outcome of a surgical procedure, he and his brother Juan Francisco Contreras were prohibited from practicing medicine in the DR. The Dominican Society of Plastic Surgeons has not accepted Edgar Contreras as a member because he does not meet the organization’s minimum requirements and is known for unorthodox operating procedures.
Joseli Colon, the husband of the 26-year-old Puerto Rican who died of complications resulting from a fat implant in her legs, said at the time that he didn’t care if Contreras went to jail or not. “My goal is that no one ever be operated by his hands or run the risk again.” Apparently, this goal was not attained.
Now, 43-year-old Angeles Morel, who traveled from New Jersey for liposuction, died on Saturday from the operation that was carried out on 1 November. El Caribe newspaper consulted Edgar Contreras, who performed the surgery, but the physician said he would not give any details until the final forensic report becomes available at the end of the month. Contreras said that any hypothesis could damage a person’s image without need. El Caribe says that the preliminary report from the National Institute of Forensic Pathology indicates that the woman died from an obstruction in her lungs due to a blood clot.