Tucsonan pleads to 28 felony charges in illegal liposuctions

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A man arrested twice for performing or attempting to perform illegal liposuctions and causing serious injuries to women pleaded guilty Friday to 28 felony charges.

Gustavo Nuñez, who does not have a medical license, is being prosecuted by the state Attorney General’s Office. He entered his plea before Pima County Superior Court Judge Deborah Bernini. He is set for sentencing Aug. 7.

Seven victims had procedures performed by Nuñez between 2012 and 2104. Three women had to be hospitalized after botched surgeries and one sustained life-threatening injuries, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

In August 2013, Nuñez and his girlfriend, Ilda Garcia, were arrested after two women underwent procedures and became severely ill and had to go to the hospital. The women suffered “serious, aggressive infections stemming from liposuction procedures performed by Nuñez,” officials said.

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One woman, on whom Nuñez had attempted to perform liposuction, stopped breathing, turned blue and began seizing. Nuñez waited nearly an hour before he drove her to Northwest Medical Center, court documents say.

The woman was in a coma for six weeks, suffering a brain injury. She has permanent stroke-like symptoms, authorities said.

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