The four police officers who on November 25, 2020 found the death of Diego Armando Maradona at the home where he received medical care ratified on Tuesday before the court that the star was “about to explode” for swelling, He lay in “a common somier” and “had no defibrillator.”
Police officer Lucas Farías and the commissioners Lucas Rodrigo Borge, Carlos Carranza and Leonardo Mendoza They gave their testimony before the judges of the Oral Criminal Court No. 3 of San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, during the third hearing of a trial that seeks to determine if seven health professionals are guilty of homicide.
“The only thing I remember was The very swollen belly, A black shirt on and A Gymnia and Fencing Short of La Plata“Borge said.
The commissioner said that around 13 o’clock on November 25, 2020 it was notified through a phone call that Maradona He was decompensated.
Consequently, Borge gave notice to the police officer Farías to mobilize to the house, Who minutes later communicated with him again to give an account of the death of the popular idol.
“When I arrived, at about 14, there was no one in the house”Borge said and clarified that, at that time, Farías had already taken care of relatives, medical and cleaning personnel to the garden to preserve the room where Maradona died.
Borge remembered having seen Claudia VillafañeMaradona ex -wife, and two of the accused, the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and the nurse Gisela Dahiana Madridwho will be judged in an upcoming jury trial.
Before the querying lawyer’s consultation, Fernando BurlandoThe witness said that where Maradona lay “it was not a hospital bed, it was a common somier” and that “there was no defibrillator.”
After the statement of Commissioner Mendoza, who He said he participated in the operation From the outside of the house, it was Farías’s turn, the first to enter the residence.
“I was struck by the Cadaveric positionthe very inflated abdomen about to explode, I was surprised to see Maradona. I never thought about finding that image, ”Farías said.
The testimony was accompanied by a 18 minutes filming carried out by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, whose images reflected what was described by Farías.
Carlos Hugo Carranzathe last witness of the day, also emphasized the swelling Maradona presented at the time of his death.
“It caught my attention Mr. Maradona’s abdomen, very inflamed (…) the abdomen volume caught attention, ”said Carranza.
In turn, Carranza described the bathroom that was connected to Maradona’s room by a hall. “He was a boy. From what I saw was the only bathroom“, said.
The trial will continue next Thursday with the statements of Juan Carlos Pintodoctor of the company specialized in medical emergencies +life carried out by the death certificate, and Collin Campbella doctor, neighbor of the San Andrés closed neighborhood, who was asked for assistance to Maradona’s decompensation that resulted in his death.
The judges Maximiliano Savarino, Verónica Di Tommaso and Julieta Makintach They must determine if seven of the eight defendants are guilty of the crime of simple homicide with eventual intent, which has a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.
The neurosurgeon are judged in this process Leopoldo Luque, The psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, The psychoanalyst Carlos Díazthe doctor and coordinator of the company Swiss Medical, Nancy Forlini, The doctor Pedro of Spainthe nursing coordinator Mariano Perroni and the nurse Ricardo Almirón
