Mother and daughter owned hair salon but did cosmetic surgery and killed woman: jailed for 17 years

(From Santiago, Chile) The Third Court of Oral Criminal Trial of Santiago pronounced the sentence 17 years From effective gel Teresa Elena Diaz Stevens (75) and her daughter Monica Teresa Flores Diaz (54)As authors of the completed crimes of simple homicide, malicious use of a public instrument, grievous bodily harm and illegal exercise of the profession of surgeon.

According to the prosecution, the crimes were committed in between 2017 and February 2022, Las Condes, in the community of Santiago, reported this Thursday in a press release from the Judiciary.

In a unanimous verdict, the court a Third parties involved, Even the son of the man who was apparently the leader of this group: that’s about it Jorge Mario Flores Diaz (51)

Who was sentenced to 818 days in prison and paid a tax-benefit fine of 6 UTM as the author of the full offense of illegal exercise of the profession of surgeon between 2015 and February 1, 2022.

Three members of the family group owned the center “Integral Statics”who worked with hairdressing patents and Without a health resolution. The establishment, which was already closed in 2019, continued to operate despite complaints of health problems made by many victims.

The group offers services on social networks such as injections with hyaluronic acid, Buttock lift and liposuction, without the titles and equipment required for these interventions. Instead, in February 2022, Leslie Vergara (32) died after treatment An aesthetic buttock augmentation procedure. During the surgery, the injected silicone entered one of the victim’s veins.

“I arrived at the clinic with Jorge Flores and I found myself face to face with Monica Flores and Teresa Diaz and I asked them what happened to my friend. There they fell silent, looked at me and shook their heads. They told me that I told them a Cardiorespiratory arrest

And he didn’t manage to get to the clinic. When he told me, the world collapsed on me, I became desperate,” said a witness named Javira, Leslie’s friend.

“This is how Monica Flores and her mother present themselves creations “They know how to carry out the procedures, they have the courses and everything necessary,” he added.

Another victim indicated: “I have had more than four operations to remove what he injected into me. They opened my nose to take it out, as he injected me methacrylate, Something that sticks to the skin.”

The court has proven that, on February 1, 2022, around 8:30 p.m., the victim, Leslie Scarlett Vergara Pavez “(…) went to the house located at 8070 Padre Errazuriz Street, Las Condes Commune to have her buttock injected with collagen. Intervention to increase. Instead, he finds the activity of Teresa Diaz Stevens and Monica Flores Diaz, who behave maliciously and illegally practice the profession of surgeons, injecting into their right buttocks through venipuncture a substance that corresponds to polydimethylsiloxane, also called . Silicon

Which ultimately causes death within minutes, is the cause of death Pulmonary infarctionPulmonary embolism due to a foreign body.”

The court also established that in the period between 2015 and 2022, the Flores Díaz brothers and their mother, Teresa Díaz Stevens, “(…) illegally practiced the profession of surgeons, substances Interventions or treatments for buttock augmentation were performed with injections, he pointed out Hyaluronic acid or collagenHowever, these treatments caused adverse reactions and health problems in a large number of victims.

As of 2015, the defendants are believed to have graduated in General Medicine from the University of Tarapaca, They operated on 48 womenMost of them cause health problems, especially due to leakage in implants.