Maradona’s house and the doctor’s office are searched

Faced with alleged irregularities in Diego Armando Maradona’s home hospitalization, the Judge ordered a search of the home and office of the deceased football star’s personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, who became the first defendant in the investigation.

This was reported to The nation qualified judicial sources. “By virtue of the evidence gathered, it was deemed necessary to request searches of Dr. Luque’s home and office. If the irregularities in Maradona’s hospitalization are confirmed, it could be the crime of manslaughter “, explained the informants consulted.

The search was ordered in the case of “Maradona, Diego Armando. Investigation into the causes of death ”, by the prosecutor of Benavídez Laura Capra and by the deputy attorneys general, Patricio Ferrari and Cosme Irribaren.

Luque’s address is located from 30 September to 1800, in Adrogué, in Almirante Brown, and his office, on Avenida del Libertador, at 5900, in Belgrano.

“Since Luque was Maradona’s family doctor, it was decided to search the house and office to find the documentation to determine if there were any irregularities during Maradona’s home hospitalization,” explained the sources of the case.

The raids, at the request of the team of prosecutors, were authorized by the judge of Tigre’s Warranties, Orlando Díaz.

The special team of prosecutors in charge of the investigation was a decision made by San Isidro Attorney General John Broyad shortly after learning of Maradona’s death.

Procedures, as he learned The nation From judicial sources, they aim to find evidence to determine whether the doctor was responsible for caring for Maradona after he was discharged from the clinic where he had been operated on for a “subdural hematoma”.

When Maradona died last Wednesday, the doctor was not at the home of Lot 45 in the San Andrés neighborhood, but he called 911 to request an ambulance at 12:16.

Investigators want to determine if he was responsible for Maradona’s care, how many times he went home to check on his patient. So far, the neurosurgeon was the only member of Maradona’s milieu who hadn’t even testified as a witness.