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Arrest after death of person in Citrus Heights due to illegal injections

Citrus Heights police made an arrest more than a decade after illegal injections led to fatal complications. Detectives arrested 49-year-old Alejandra Aguilera-Ortega at an apartment complex on Monday for the 2013 death of Diego Lopez. Police said Aguilera-Ortega, who was unlicensed, illegally administered silicone injections to Lopez's buttocks. Officials said Aguilera-Ortega fled to Mexico but recently returned to Citrus Heights. Aguilera-Ortega was arrested on murder charges and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail, where she cannot be released on bail. Aguilera-Ortega is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. For more coverage of California's top news stories, click here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter

CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. —

More than a decade after fatal complications from illegal injections, Citrus Heights police made an arrest.

Detectives arrested 49-year-old Alejandra Aguilera-Ortega at an apartment complex on Monday in connection with the death of Diego Lopez in 2013.

Police said Aguilera-Ortega, who was unlicensed, illegally administered silicone injections into Lopez's buttocks.

Officials say Aguilera-Ortega fled to Mexico but recently returned to Citrus Heights.

Aguilera-Ortega was arrested for murder and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail, where she cannot be released on bail.

Aguilera-Ortega is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.

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