Overview
- Sala II of the National Criminal Cassation Court on Monday upheld the life sentence for Guillermo Germán Berjeli after rejecting his appeal.
- Judges said video from the intensive care room, hospital charts, and forensic reports linked IV bags tainted with methanol and ethylene glycol to Roberto Guzmán Jaque’s fatal acidosis.
- Footage showed Berjeli swapping fluid bags he had refilled and carried in a backpack during January 4–11, 2020, and the 58-year-old died on January 12.
- The court found a financial motive tied to assets in Chile, yet he could not inherit because Chile did not recognize their marriage at that time.
- After the death, he arranged cremation within 48 hours to prevent an autopsy, and the court dismissed defense claims of infection or harmless handling of the IVs.