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Reinaldo Silvestre alias De Slager Op TV: Death by Silicone (scenta.co.uk 28/08/04) Feds say phony doctor arrested in Belize (AP October 8, 2004) Fugitive Phony Florida Doctor Nabbed in Belize (Reuters Oct 8, 2004) Show looks at capture of 'butcher' of S. Beach (Miami Herald Sat, Nov. 13, 2004) 'Butcher Of South Beach' Pleads Guilty To Disfiguring Victims (Local10.com March 15, 2006) Bogus Doctor Who Gave Man Breasts Gets Reduced Sentence. 'Butcher Of South Beach' Pleads Guilty (nbc6.net March 15, 2006) Unlicensed Plastic Surgeon To Serve Seven Years In Prison. Death by Silicone scenta.co.uk Channel 4 - 21:00 25-08-2004 Documentary chronicling an investigation into back-street plastic surgeons in America. To combat the booming trend, a dedicated task force has been assigned to root out the unlicensed, bogus medics. Horror stories shed light on the battle between vanity and victimisation, including the tale of a man who was operated upon while strapped to a plank in an office, and the mother of two who died following a botched procedure - a case which produced the first-ever murder prosecution resulting from cosmetic surgery TODAY'S TV PICK OF THE DAY Aug 25 2004 By Alun Palmer DEATH BY SILICONE (9pm, C4) IF you are of a nervous disposition then make a date to avoid C4 at all costs. Across America, people armed with no medical knowledge and a syringe are carrying out illegal plastic surgery operations. Some even hold parties and sip Chardonnay while pumping industrial-grade silicone, used to fill furniture and in car engines, into their victims' faces. One had regular injections in a church car park while another had an op on a bar counter. Ronaldo Silvestre was dubbed the Butcher Of South Beach as he mutilated immigrants in Miami. He shared an office, complete with "operating table", with an estate agent. Yet in one terrifying scene, in a video he shot himself, he is seen operating on a former world-champion bodybuilder. The vain Mexican wanted firmer pecs so, using a cake spatula, the fake doctor tried to shove a woman's implant into his chest. In the background, the victim can be heard moaning repeatedly as he comes round from the anaesthetic. "He came out looking like a Playboy model," his lawyer said. Lawyers feature heavily. One, who represented a couple who killed a woman by inflating her buttocks to the size of a small hippo's, was really vile. "It's not every day you represent a gay man and his transsexual lover charged with pumping silicone into someone's ass," he chortled, oblivious to the fact his client was sent down for 30 years and a woman was dead. Feds say phony doctor arrested in Belize AP October 8, 2004 MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A South Florida man wanted on charges of posing as a doctor and botching cosmetic surgery has been arrested in Belize, where he was teaching medicine. Federal agents say Reinaldo Silvestre is charged with organized fraud, aggravated battery, practicing medicine withOUT a license and grand theft. He will remain in custody in Belize until he is formally extradited to the United States. Investigators say Silvestre performed operations on champion bodybuilder Alexander Baez and at least two women, resulting in gross disfigurement and severe physical and emotional pain. Police say Baez went to Silvestre's Ocean Health Center in Miami Beach to have his pectoral muscles enhanced. But he woke up to find he had been given female breast implants. Baez' attorney also says veterinary anesthesia was used on his client, who woke up three times during the procedure. Fugitive Phony Florida Doctor Nabbed in Belize Jane Sutton Reuters Oct 8, 2004 MIAMI - Police in Belize have arrested a Florida fugitive described by detectives as a fake doctor who drugged his cosmetic surgery patients with an animal anesthetic and left a male bodybuilder with female breast implants. Reinaldo Silvestre, 63, was arrested in Belize City, where he was teaching and practicing medicine, the State Department said on Friday. Silvestre fled after Miami Beach police charged him in 1999 with fraud, aggravated battery, practicing medicine without a license and grand theft in connection with botched surgeries that left his patients permanently disfigured. Police got a tip Silvestre was in Belize and U.S. Embassy officials worked with police in the Central American nation who arrested him. Silvestre was jailed pending extradition to Florida, said Ed Moreno, special agent in Miami with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Moreno said Silvestre worked at a hospital in Belize City and taught at a medical university where he coached students preparing to take exams for doctor licensing. 1 3 - 1 1 - 2 0 0 4 Show looks at capture of 'butcher' of S. Beach Sat, Nov. 13, 2004 BY KARL ROSS Miami Herald The arrest in Belize of a fake surgeon accused of disfiguring his clients in Miami Beach is highlighted on television's America's Most Wanted. The pseudo-surgeon who came to be known as the ''Butcher of South Beach'' after he was accused of leaving several of his patients scarred and mutilated is featured in tonight's episode of America's Most Wanted. The prime-time FOX program is publicizing the capture of Reinaldo Silvestre last month in Belize, [ErGs] where he fled after abandoning his practice, the Ocean Health Center, at 169 Lincoln Rd., five years ago. Shortly after Silvestre disappeared in October 1999, America's Most Wanted ran a segment profiling Silvestre. ''His capture is a direct result [of the show] because one of our viewers saw him in Belize,'' said Kim Newport, the show's assistant publicist. ``The tipster called the Miami police, who worked with authorities in Belize, who finally made the arrest.'' Silvestre was arrested without incident at a bus stop in Belize on Oct. 7. He was extradited Oct. 18, and is awaiting trial in a Miami jail cell, Newport said. Silvestre was charged with practicing medicine without a license, aggravated battery and illegally administering narcotics. According to the television program, Silvestre was practicing at a Belize hospital and teaching medical students at a local university. Silvestre gained notoriety in late 1999 after several patients came forward and filed complaints about their bungled surgeries. The evidence against him included video footage of a surgery on a Mexican bodybuilder, who wanted more masculine pectoral muscles but was mistakenly given female breast implants. [ErGs] At the time, a Miami Beach police spokesman described the film as ``a horror movie and nothing short of it.'' The victim, Alexander Baez, told police he woke up several times during the procedure because he was given an anesthetic used on animals by veterinarians. Baez, a former Mr. Mexico, had hoped the surgery would revive his flagging career. Other victims included female patients who accuse Silvestre of gross negligence in performing breast implants. One victim, Mileidi Pimienta, said Silvestre performed several operations to fix her breast implants but the results were increasingly dismal. She eventually decided to look into his record and found he was not a licensed physician. Another female victim, Jeannette Bernal, said she went to Silvestre for breast enlargements and he left her disfigured after operating on her five times. She said her boyfriend left her as a result. ''I trusted him, and he deformed my breasts,'' she told The Herald in 1999 at the time authorities charged Silvestre. Newport said tonight's 9 p.m. broadcast will feature an exclusive interview with Silvestre conducted while he was being held in Belize. [Link] 1 5 - 0 6 - 2 0 0 6 'Butcher Of South Beach' Pleads Guilty To Disfiguring Victims Bogus Doctor Who Gave Man Breasts Gets Reduced Sentence Local10.com March 15, 2006 MIAMI -- A man whom police refer to as "The Butcher of South Beach" agreed to a plea deal Wednesday that will keep him from serving as much as 45 years behind bars. Reinaldo Silvestre was convicted of aggravated battery and practicing medicine without a license for disfiguring several people. Silvestre pleaded guilty to disfiguring two of his victims in return for a reduced sentence of 7½ years in prison. Silvestre, who posed as a general surgeon, performed operations on the women who went to see him for breast augmentations, but were grossly disfigured and instead had to see licensed doctors to try and repair the damage. Champion bodybuilder and former Mr. Mexico Alexander Baez also went to Silvestre's Ocean Health Center in Miami Beach to have his pectoral muscles enhanced. But he woke up to find he had been given female breast implants. Baez's attorney said veterinary anesthesia was used on his client, who woke up three times during the procedure. A warrant for Silvestre's arrest was issued in September 1999, but he fled to Belize and was on the run for five years until he was finally caught teaching at a medical school. As part of the plea deal, Silvestre will never be able to practice medicine again. [Link] 1 6 - 0 3 - 2 0 0 6 'Butcher Of South Beach' Pleads Guilty Unlicensed Plastic Surgeon To Serve Seven Years In Prison March 15, 2006 nbc6.net MIAMI -- A man known to some as the "Butcher of South Beach" pleaded guilty Wednesday as part of a plea deal courtesy of his alleged victims. Reinaldo Silvestre is accused of performing plastic surgery without a license. Silvestre was considered one of Miami Beach's top 10 fugitives after he fled the country for Belize. Silvestre was arrested when an American tourist in the country recognized him from the TV show "America's Most Wanted." Spencer Aronfeld, the lawyer for three alleged victims of Silvestre, said one of his clients, a male bodybuilder and former Mr. Mexico, wanted pumped-up pectorals but came out of surgery performed by Silvestre with what looked like women's breasts. "So this big bodybuilder from Mexico wakes up from this surgery expecting to look like Tarzan and instead he looks like Pamela (Anderson Lee), Dolly Parton," Aronfeld said. Silvestre pleaded guilty Wednesday to that crime and others. He had faced up to 45 years in prison but, as part of a bargain with the alleged victims, will serve only seven years in prison and then another 30 years on probation. Aronfeld said his clients agreed to the seven-year deal so they could move forward with a civil suit against Silvestre. "Each person is asking for an excess of $10 million," Aronfeld said. Silvestre, nicknamed the "Butcher of South Beach," operated in a medical clinic in the late 1990s in Miami Beach. He offered low rates and dealt primarily with immigrants who wanted plastic surgery, Llamas reported. "Breast augmentation can cost anywhere between $5,000 and $10,000. Silvestre was offering it for $2,0000, $3,000," Aronfeld said. Clients began to complain to authorities when there were problems with their results. "Mr. Silvestre cut these people with a scalpel, but it's no different than if he cut them with a knife in a back alley of South Beach. He's a criminal and he's going to spend time behind bars," Aronfeld said. Silvestre's lawyers could not be reached for comment. Aronfeld said that even if he wins the civil suit, he is not sure how his clients could collect the money, which could be more than $30 million. [Link]

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