The Argentine prosecutors who have the cause of death of Diego Armando Maradona charged seven people this Wednesday for the alleged commission of the crime of “ simple homicide with eventual intent “.
Those indicated by the authorities must appear to declare in the next few hours , to continue with the inquiries.
Cause Maradona. The doctor Leopoldo Luque, the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and five other defendants are summoned to the investigation. The judge must decide whether to prohibit them from leaving the country. Prosecutors accuse them of murder with eventual intent, with penalties of 8 to 25 years in prison.
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The accused are the nurses Dahiana Gisela Madrid, Ricardo Omar Almirón ; the nursing coordinator Mariano Perroni ; the doctor who coordinated Maradona’s home hospitalization, Nancy Forlini ; the psychologist Carlos Ángel Díaz ; the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov ; and the neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque , who was also the ex-footballer’s family doctor.
At first these indicated were investigated by Wrongful death, but the hypothesis changed to murder with eventual intent, crime that stipulates penalties of 8 to 25 years jail.
The neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, one of the main defendants in the case Due to the death of Diego Maradona, he said that the medical board that held the team of professionals that he was part of responsible for the death of the former soccer player, has “very marked conceptual errors” pic. twitter.com/bHRqRV4RcL
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Through Argentine media it was known that the conclusive report on the performance of the health team, which attended the soccer star, determined that it was “ inadequate, deficient and reckless “, which also left “ the patient’s health status to chance “.
The autopsy performed on Maradona’s body determined that the cause of death was “ acute lung edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure “.
Case of Maradona, all the medical personnel who treated him accused and investigated . THEY CANNOT LEAVE THE COUNTRY
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Forensic analysis also showed that her heart resembled a dilated cardiomyopathy .
On November 2 Maradona was admitted to a clinic in the city of La Plata, with a anemia and dehydration . Shortly after, he was operated on for a bruise on his head.
On 11 November was discharged and transferred to a home in a private urbanization on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, where died 14 days later.
With information from EFE.