The plastic surgery was intended to liposuction fat from the woman's waist and then add it to her buttocks, the woman's husband Osvaldo Vargas was cited as saying.

Three hours later, the woman was rushed to emergency facilities at a nearby hospital and when the husband arrived there, he was told his wife was dead.

Spencer Aronfeld of Coral Gables - the lawyer who represented Vargas said they did not know what happened to the victim nor which doctor performed the plastic surgery.

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