Yessika Hilton died after the illegal surgery (Picture: Facebook)

A transgender woman has died from heart failure after chemicals from an illegal buttock implant leaked and spread through her body.

Yessika Hilton, 25, could not afford the surgery at a professional clinic, so instead had the implants done in a garage in Columbia.

Yessika had polymers injected into her buttocks in the unlicensed clinic, but chemicals leaked and spread, causing cardiorespiratory failure.

She was taken by ambulance to the Colombia Clinic in the city Cali, but medics were unable to save her life.


Her friend, Jannysk Filigrana, posted on Facebook: ‘My friend, you were a great fighter for the rights to inclusion for all in our society.



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Doctors were unable to save Yessika (Picture: Facebook)

‘Today you are not here with us, but wherever you are, I will always remember you like a dear friend and I will never forget you.’

Yessika was a member of gender equality campaign group the Mesa de Genero Colombia (the Colombia Gender Board).

Police are investigating her death.