The death of Angie Dahiana López Taborda after a series of cosmetic surgeries in Medellín reveals a journey marked by complications and questionable medical decisions, authorities said.
A few days before Christmas, the young woman went to a clinic in the community of El Poblado, There she underwent breast enlargement, a tummy tuck and liposuction on both thighs.
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However, his recovery was abruptly interrupted seven days later died without the causes being fully clarified.
According to the report prepared by the criminal police after the technical examination of the body, the critical sequence of the case began a few hours after the operation: “The victim underwent a surgical procedure, but three hours later he decompensated.” They kept her under observation for two hours and then sent her home. “There he began to convulse and vomit,” the report said, noting the first signs of deterioration after surgery.
Once home, the initial observation gave way to remote care in the clinic. The same police report documents the medical center’s response: They said they sent a nurse to the young woman’s home.
Given her ongoing symptoms, they added: “On December 17, they transferred her to the hospital again and inserted a tube through her mouth. The goal was to help him defecate since he wasn’t having a bowel movement or excreting fluid.“.
The situation worsened in the following days. The court report reveals the final link in the chain of interventions: “On December 23, 2025, the victim continued to have health problems. Therefore, a doctor from the clinic where she was operated on went to the victim’s residence. There he referred her by ambulance to the General Hospital of Medellín.”
Despite the sequence of measures taken, the final cause of death of Angie Dahiana López Taborda remained “clarified by the autopsy of forensic medicine”.
Despite it, The first hypothesis in the police report is that the death was a result of the multiple cosmetic surgeries to which he was subjected in Medellín.
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The direct relationship with one of the country’s most important political figures increased public attention and multiplied expressions of solidarity on networks and media.
The fatal outcome occurred after Orfa Márquez, a contractor for the mayor’s office of Suárez (Cauca), decided to move from her home community to Cali, motivated by the hope of improving her appearance through aesthetic surgery.
However, the procedure, carried out on Saturday, December 13, 2025, had tragic consequences when the patient, after being admitted to a medical center, presented serious complications that led to her death.
The circumstances surrounding the clinic where the surgery was performed have sparked a heated debate about the safety of cosmetic procedures in the country.
Cali representative Gerardo Mendoza expressed his “denial and concern” when referring to the case, emphasizing that the clinic is located in the Ciudad 2000 district of Cali. did not meet the legal and technical requirements required by the health authorities.
“A woman from the municipality of Suárez, Cauca, who traveled to the city of Cali to undergo cosmetic surgery in a clinic that allegedly did not provide the minimum guarantees of safety, authorization and control required by current regulations, unfortunately lost her life,” Mendoza said.
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