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Diego Maradona’s home and doctor’s office in Buenos Aires were searched this Sunday as part of an investigation into the death of the Argentine soccer legend.
According to judicial sources confirmed to the EFE news agency, the raids on the home and office of Leopoldo Luque served to collect relevant material for the case, such as the medical history of Maradona, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60. Luque was informed of his rights, despite “not being formally charged”, something that can happen, and he can also be notified to make statements.
The raids were ordered after statements made on Saturday by direct relatives of “El Pibe”, who, at the beginning of this month, were admitted to a Buenos Aires hospital, anemic, dehydrated and depressed, having been successfully operated on for subdural hematoma, which had detected during a routine examination.
Since he was discharged from the hospital on November 11, Maradona has lived at his home in Tigre, in the province of Buenos Aires, where he died on Wednesday after suffering cardiac arrest.
The legal representatives of the family and Maradona himself revealed to EFE that the “investigation of the causes of death” of the former player aims to clarify what type of medical treatment he received from the operation until the day of death and what drugs were being administered . . The family’s lawyers also want the authorities to investigate the alleged visit of Dr. Leopoldo Luque to Maradona’s residence on November 19, during which the two ended up arguing, according to testimonies that were delivered to the victims.
Also according to the same witnesses, since that day, the doctor has not returned to Maradona’s home to provide medical care, which could constitute a possible crime, lawyers say.
On Friday, the Argentine courts had already opened an investigation to determine whether there was negligence in the death of Diego Maradona, despite the fact that a judicial source at that time excluded “alleged irregularities.” The agent and lawyer Matías Morla, who on Wednesday made Maradona’s death public, denounced that the former Argentine international soccer player did not receive adequate medical assistance and said that he will demand an “investigation to the last consequences.”
His football career, from 1976 to 1997, was marked by Argentina’s triumph at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, and the two Italian titles and the UEFA Cup at the service of the Italians in Naples.
Argentine President Alberto Fernández decreed three days of national mourning for the death of Maradona, whose wake and funeral, marked by some riots, took place on Thursday in Buenos Aires.
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