Plastic surgeon in botched surgery death to be released

BONITA, Calif. (KGTV) – A disgraced plastic surgeon convicted in the death of a San Diego woman will be released from prison next month after serving only half of his three-year sentence, devastating the victim’s family on the seventh anniversary of her death.

Carlos Chacon is scheduled for release from Donovan State Prison on March 13, according to a letter from state corrections officials received by the family of Megan Espinoza last week. Espinoza died in 2018 during a botched breast surgery at Dr. Chacon’s Bonita clinic.

“He robbed her of her life. A year and a half is not justice. It’s not a fair exchange for what he did, for the consequences of his act,” said Judith Dorcey, Espinoza’s mother. “He had no regard for her life.”…

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