Police raided Leopoldo Luque’s office and home in search of possible evidence pointing to negligence, according to television images.
The investigation was triggered by concerns raised by three of Maradona’s daughters, Dalma, Gianinna and Jana, about the treatment she received for her heart condition at her home in Tigre, north of Buenos Aires, judicial sources said.
“Our investigations are ongoing, we are speaking with witnesses, including members of Maradona’s family,” said a source close to the San Isidro investigation.
Luque, who declined to comment when contacted by AFP, had posted a photograph of himself with Maradona the day the 60-year-old left the hospital on November 12, eight days after surgery to remove a blood clot. blood in your brain.
Maradona returned to his home in Tigre where he received 24-hour medical attention and was able to remain close to his daughters.
He died of a heart attack on Wednesday, and was buried Thursday in the Jardín de Paz cemetery on the outskirts of the Argentine capital.
“The clinic had recommended that he go elsewhere to be hospitalized, but the family decided otherwise. His daughters signed for him to be discharged from the hospital,” said a family member, on condition of anonymity.
Maradona’s attorney, Matías Morla, had requested an investigation into allegations that ambulances took more than half an hour to reach the soccer star’s home in response to an emergency call on the day of his death.
No complaint has yet been filed. “The case began because it is about a person who died at home and no one signed his death certificate. It does not mean that there are suspicions or irregularities,” said a judicial source who requested to remain anonymous.
A preliminary autopsy report established that Maradona died in his sleep at noon Wednesday of “acute lung edema and chronic heart failure.”
The Prosecutor’s Office is awaiting the results of the toxicological tests on Maradona’s body. The three prosecutors working on the case have requested his medical records, as well as recordings from the neighborhood security cameras.
Three funeral home workers sparked outrage by posing for photos next to Maradona’s open casket, smiling thumbs-up, which lay in the presidential palace before his burial. One of the men has since apologized.
Maradona’s last public appearance took place four weeks ago for the celebration of his 60th birthday at the Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata stadium, the club he trained before his death.
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