Unlicensed Doctor Sentenced for Fatal Procedure | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 31, 2026 · 1m

An unlicensed “doctor” named Felipe Hoyos Foronda got five to fifteen years for botching a buttock implant removal on a 31-year-old mother, Maria Penaloza, in his Astoria apartment — a makeshift clinic packed with IV gear and syringes. Her death from lidocaine overdose during the procedure sent shockwaves through the community, while Hoyos’s attempt to flee to Colombia after the crime sealed his fate. The sentence, though no undoing the tragedy, offers some closure to her grieving family — a chilling warning about the deadly risks of DIY medicine. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli…