The Argentine Justice closes the investigation into the death of Maradona

The Argentine Justice ordered the closure of the investigation stage in the case on the death of Diego Maradona and now it is expected that the elevation to oral trial be requested, according to what judicial sources informed Efe on Tuesday.

The Argentine Justice investigates eight people for alleged “simple homicide with eventual intent” – a crime that provides for a sentence of between 8 and 25 years in prison – seeking to determine if the care of the former soccer player was deficient and the necessary means were not put in place to avoid his death. death.

They are the neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, the psychologist Carlos Díaz, the doctor who coordinated home care Nancy Forlini, the coordinator of the nurses Mariano Perroni, the nurses Ricardo Omar Almirón and Dahiana Gisela Madrid and the clinical doctor Pedro Di Spain.

As detailed by other judicial sources to the local press, the request for an oral trial must be made by the prosecutors before April 13.

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Maradona died at the age of 60 on November 25, 2020 and the autopsy on the body of the former captain and former coach of Argentina determined that he died as a result of “acute pulmonary edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure.” A “dilated cardiomyopathy” was also discovered in his heart.

The world champion in Mexico 1986 suffered from alcohol addiction problems, he had been admitted to a clinic in La Plata on November 2, 2020 due to anemia and dehydration and a day later he was transferred to a sanatorium in the Buenos Aires town of Olivos, where he underwent surgery for a subdural hematoma by a team commanded by Luque.

On November 11, he was discharged from the hospital and moved to a house in a private neighborhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, where he died on November 25.