Man Indicted After Killing Woman In Botched 'Butt Lift' Surgery, DA Says

QUEENS, NY — A 38-year-old man posing as a plastic surgeon has been charged with manslaughter after a woman died after a botched butt implant procedure, prosecutors announced.

Felipe Hoyos-Foronda is accused of performing the cosmetic surgery without a license out of his home in Queens. The 38-year-old allegedly injected Maria Peñaloza, 31, with lidocaine while performing the procedure to remove implants from her buttocks, prosecutors said.

Penaloza then became lightheaded and went into cardiac arrest. The 31-year-old woman died two weeks later.

Hoyos-Foronda administered an IV and called 911 when she did not improve.Penaloza went into cardiac arrest and died 14 days later.

"As alleged, Felipe Hoyos Foronda provided an unlicensed medical treatment at a make-shift home clinic in Astoria that led to a 31-year-old woman's death," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said. "On March 28, the victim went into cardiac arrest after having been injected with lidocaine as part of a botched surgical procedure. Unfortunately, Maria Penaloza, a mother of two, passed away two weeks later. My thoughts are with the victim's family as we seek justice on her behalf."

Hoyos-Forondawas was arrested at JFK Airport last month after trying to flee to Colombia.

On Monday, a judge ordered Hoyos-Foronda to be held in jail without bail.