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Illegal buttocks injections lead to arrest

Posted at 11:22 AM, May 22, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-22 18:08:01-04

A Venezuelan man has been charged with administering buttocks-enhancement injections that resulted in the death of a woman in 2013.

Jose Alfredo Robusto, 43, was arrested Saturday on charges of manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license.

Robusto is accused of injecting Suyima Torres, 28, who died 10 hours after she got the injections.

The Miami Herald reports Robusto is accused of performing the injections at a clinic that only had a license to give massages but advertised on Facebook that it had certified plastic surgeons.

On April 11, 28-year-old Suyima Torres paid $2,300 in cash for rear-enhancing injections at Cuerpos Health and Aesthetics on the 8400 block of West Flagler Street.

She later would be spotted disoriented outside the center by a neighboring business owner.

Torres' mother, Coralia Espinosa, said her daughter was then rushed to the hospital accompanied by the center's owner, Ruth Planas.

Torres died 10 hours after receiving the injections, leaving behind two daughters, ages seven and eight.

Robuso is listed on the jail's website, but it's unclear whether he has an attorney.

After the death, Robusto left for his native Venezuela but was arrested when he returned to Miami on Friday.

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