An American woman has died after a procedure to cosmetically enhance her buttocks went wrong.
Elena Caro, 42, wanted firmer skin and a younger figure, so she secretly booked an appointment with a medical office in las Vegas that had been recommended by a close friend.
The quest for perfection might have ended her life, police have said.
Mrs Caro was found walking the streets of Las Vegas in agony y after buttocks enhancement surgery that authorities say was performed by two Colombian nationals in the back room of a tile business.
She was pronounced dead minutes later at North Vista Hospital in North Las Vegas. Her cause of death was not immediately determined, pending toxicology tests and an investigation.
Ruben Dario Matallana-Galvas, 55, and Carmen Olfidia Torres-Sanchez, 47, were arrested hours after the surgery for investigation of murder.
Elena Caro, 42, wanted firmer skin and a younger figure, so she secretly booked an appointment with a medical office in las Vegas that had been recommended by a close friend.
The quest for perfection might have ended her life, police have said.
Mrs Caro was found walking the streets of Las Vegas in agony y after buttocks enhancement surgery that authorities say was performed by two Colombian nationals in the back room of a tile business.
She was pronounced dead minutes later at North Vista Hospital in North Las Vegas. Her cause of death was not immediately determined, pending toxicology tests and an investigation.
Ruben Dario Matallana-Galvas, 55, and Carmen Olfidia Torres-Sanchez, 47, were arrested hours after the surgery for investigation of murder.
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