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Woman dies when cooking oil is used instead of Botox

Thursday, 26 October 2006

A beautician today pleaded guilty to manslaughter, having injected cooking oil into a patient who subsequently died from complications associated with the injection.

Martha Mata Vasquez pleaded guilty to four counts of practicing medicine without a licence, five counts of fraud and involuntary manslaughter in a Monterey courtroom, arising out of an unlicensed business, The New Image, that she had been running in Salinas since 2001.

Vasquez was said to have injected cooking oil, Mazola Corn Oil, instead of using Botox. One of her clients, Mario Castillo, died a week after being injected with this cooking oil in November of 2005. In addition to this death, many patients had complained of painful side effects, one woman had required corrective surgery and one male client had slipped into a coma.

Sentencing has been scheduled for January 17th 2007 while Vasquez remains in custody. She could face 15 years to life in prison for the crimes.

UPDATE: Jan 18th: Vasquez has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and will be eligible for parole in 12 years.

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