An amateur holds a banner that says in Spanish 'Justice for the D10' while waiting outside the San Isidro Court during the trial for the death of the Argentine football legend Diego Maradona in San Isidro, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 11, 2025. Four years after the death of Diego Maradona, the trial of seven health professionals begins this Tuesday in Argentina to determine their responsibilities in the death of the death of football.
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The trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona It was suspended on Tuesday for a week period to investigate whether there are reasons to challenge one of the judges of the court, Julieta Makintach, accused of partiality and having allowed the entry of two documentaries without authorization.
The decision was announced after a request for suspension by the Prosecutor's Office, during the hearing on Tuesday, to which they adhered the five complaints and four of the seven defenses.
“The court unanimously resolves that the Debate will continue on Tuesday That comes, we understand that it is a reasonable time, ”said Maximiliano Savarino, president of the Court, who will take a week to analyze the investigation of the judge filed by the lawyers of the daughters of Maradona.
In addition, he requested that all the accused be present for the next audience.
Makintach, meanwhile, defended its impartiality, He anticipated that he will give “explanations of the case” and said that: “In case there is something in danger, it may be me the one.”
In practice, the decision announced by the Court implies the suspension of A single day of the process, since the trial, started in March, He celebrates hearings on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Oral Criminal Court (TOC) No. 3 of San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
“In so many years of profession I have never seen so much load of desprolijidad, of neglect, of lack of institutional rigor”, Fernando Burlando, a defense lawyer for two of Maradona's daughters, said during the audience.
After announcing the suspension, the lawyer considered the decision as “A prudent measure“, Stressed the importance of” solving the situation of the challenge “before continuing with the debate:” if you can with Dr. Makintach or if we would not have to Right the trial”.
Those who did not adhere to the request for suspension were the defense lawyers of the doctor and coordinator of the Swiss Medical company, Nancy Forliniof the nurse Ricardo Almirón and from the nurses chief Mariano Perroni.
In addition to Forlini, Almirón and Perroni, the psychologist is judged in this process Carlos Díazthe psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and Maradona's header, the neurosurgeon Leopold Luque. The nurse Gisela Madrid It is also processed, but will face a jury trial, as requested.
The court must determine if the seven defendants are guilty of simple homicide with eventual intenta crime that has a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.
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