Aug 20, 11:15 PM

Argentina Orders Arrest of HLB Pharma Owner Over Deadly Fentanyl Scandal

A federal judge in La Plata, Ernesto Kreplak, ordered the arrest of pharmaceutical executive Ariel García Furfaro after linking his companies HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo to a nationwide outbreak of contaminated fentanyl that has killed at least 96 people. The court issued 10 search warrants, and officers from the Gendarmería Nacional and the Airport Security Police carried out simultaneous raids late Wednesday. García Furfaro’s brothers and fellow directors, Diego and Damián García, were taken into custody during the operation, while the principal suspect was reported to be en route to surrender. Kreplak also sought the detention of several other family members and senior managers, citing systemic failings in quality control that allegedly allowed tainted ampoules to reach hospitals and clinics across Argentina. The arrest order comes four weeks after a separate economic court action against the same businessman. On 18 July, Judge Pablo Yadarola indicted García Furfaro for aggravated contraband, accusing his firms of overstating the value of Chinese machinery imports at US$5 million when customs records in China showed a cost of roughly US$500,000. Yadarola placed a 25-billion-peso embargo on García Furfaro, HLB Pharma and associated executives, a decision now under appeal.

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