Overview
- Cofepris met with Sonora’s prosecutor to share technical data and step up checks, product seizures, and site reviews tied to the IV solutions.
- Cofepris said lab tests on seized liquids are in advanced stages to confirm their contents, quality, and health risks.
- Officials report 11 suspected cases tied to one practitioner who remains a fugitive, with eight deaths, one person hospitalized, and two recovered.
- Investigators have opened multiple case files and carried out at least three searches of clinics linked to the suspect.
- Sonora’s health department set a preventive sanitary cordon in Nogales with hospital and pharmacy checks, and local leaders report no cases there.