Maradona buried with his parents

Maradona’s family attended the intimate farewell, including daughters Dalma and Gianinna, his ex-wife Claudia Villafañe and her former representative Guillermo Cóppola. The ceremony was private and lasted about an hour.

Diego Maradona’s remains were buried this Thursday 26-N in a cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires after the massive and chaotic farewell that thousands of Argentines gave to the greatest star of Argentine football.

Maradona was buried in the Jardin Bella Vista cemetery, about 40 kilometers from the Argentine capital and where his parents, Diego Maradona and Dalma Salvadora Franco, popularly known as ‘Don Diego’ and ‘Doña Tota’, who died in 2015, were already buried. and 2011, respectively.

Just about thirty people attended the last salute to the “Pelusa” in the cemetery, where a religious ceremony was held next to the coffin, wrapped in an Argentine flag, presided over by a priest.

Maradona’s family attended the intimate farewell, including daughters Dalma and Gianinna, his ex-wife Claudia Villafañe and her former representative Guillermo Cóppola.

The ceremony was private and lasted about an hour.

It was the end of a day marked by a popular farewell not exempt from manifestations of pain, football passion and even violent street floods.

By decision of the family, the remains of “el 10” were veiled in a burning chapel set up in one of the main rooms of Casa Rosada, headquarters of the Executive.

The burning chapel was open to the public for almost twelve hours during which thousands of fans of the former footballer passed away on Wednesday at the age of 60.

The line to enter the Casa Rosada stretched for almost two kilometers and the incidents broke out when some fans, fearing that they would not be able to access before the imminent closure of the burning chapel, broke down the fences and confronted the police.

There were also moments of tension inside the Government House, which forced the entrance to be closed and the coffin removed from an adjacent room for security reasons.

According to official sources confirmed in Efe, thirteen people were arrested due to the clashes and eleven police officers and a civilian were injured, hospitalized for mild head trauma, the result of a stone.