By Humberto Viera
06 Mar 2024, 14:06 PM EST
Fernando Burlando, legal representative of Diego Armando Maradona’s daughters in the case for his death, expressed this Wednesday the importance of determining “what was the real reason” behind the death of the former Argentine soccer player.
Burlando expressed his skepticism that people involved in Maradona’s medical care were truly responsible for his death, stating that “it is a group of people who had a clear interest.”
“Without a doubt, it is a group of people who had a clear interest. It doesn’t make sense to me that these people related to Diego’s health are the ones truly interested in killing Diego,” the lawyer explained in statements collected by EFE.
In the hearing held this Wednesday at the Oral Criminal Court number 3 of San Isidro, the evidence that will be considered for the trial for the alleged crime of simple homicide committed with possible intent is discussed, a crime that in Argentina carries a penalty of between 8 and 25 years in prison.
The eight defendants, all linked to Maradona’s medical care, are the neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque; the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov; the psychologist Carlos Díaz; the doctor coordinating Maradona’s home care, Nancy Forlini; the nursing coordinator, Mariano Perroni; the nurse Ricardo Omar Almirón; the nurse Dahiana Gisela Madrid and the clinical doctor Pedro Di Spagna.
Burlando insisted on the need to determine the true reason behind Maradona’s death, highlighting that he was able to tolerate extreme situations due to his physical and mental strength. Furthermore, he suggested that the situation in which he found himself in his last days was part of a premeditated plan and that the economic issue could have been a determining factor.
“It is not an oversight, it is something intentional, and the economic issue was present,” said Burlando.
Maradona’s death on November 25, 2020, at the age of 60, was attributed to acute pulmonary edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure, along with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Maradona, who was world champion in Mexico 1986, had suffered from alcohol addiction problems and had been hospitalized in November 2020 for anemia and dehydration. He underwent surgery for a subdural hematoma and was discharged from the hospital on November 11, 2020, moving to a house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires where he died two weeks later.
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