Argentina Courts Declare Maradona’s Death ‘Homicide’

Eight medical officers who were supposedly tasked with taking care of late Argentina superstar Diego Maradona will face prosecution after a court in Argentina ruled that the demise of the onetime Boca Juniors and Napoli star was a case of homicide.

Maradona died in November 2020 death due to cardiac arrest.

The ruling said that all eight including doctors, nurses, and a psychologist who cared for Maradona at the time of his death are accused of “simple homicide,” a serious charge that means taking life with intent.

A medical board appointed to investigate Maradona’s death concluded in 2021 that the football star’s medical team acted in an “inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner.”

The defendants named in the ruling were Maradona’s neurosurgeon and personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, psychologist Carlos Diaz, nurses Gisella Madrid and Ricardo Almiron, their boss Mariano Perroni, and doctors Pedro Di Spagna and Nancy Forlini.

Maradona passed away on November 25, 2020, at the age of 60 with his death causing an uproar among his revering supporters.

The talk quickly turned to his medical team, who many felt provided inadequate care to the man who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup.