Judgment for death Diego Armando Maradona it was first suspended and then cancelled. The judge behind the scandal that led to the first mistrial of doctors accused in Argentina of causing the death of Pibe de oro, which was commented on around the world, was removed from the judiciary with a lifetime ban on holding public office. This decision was taken from the Judicial Disciplinary Court which was held Julieta Makintach responsible for “failure to fulfill the duties inherent in his position”; “overt acts of partiality”; and “carrying out activities inconsistent with pride and itsavings required by the judge’s office.”
“The judge exceeded the limits of his judicial function by irregularly participating and collaborating in commercial projects closely related to the trial he presided over,” he claimed in the ruling. Hilda Kogan, president of the impeachment jury and also president of the Supreme Court of Buenos Aires Province. According to the sentence “there is evidence of the judge’s behavior which leads to the conclusion that his actions were aimed more at gain public fame rather than fully fulfilling his duty to uphold justice”. After the definitive suspension of the first trial decided on May 29, the new trial – which includes eight members of the medical staff who treated Maradona after a complicated operation to remove a hematoma in the skull as defendants – will only begin on March 17 2026.
The judge denied any wrongdoing, but prosecutor Patricio Ferrari argued that “this situation endangers the prestige of the judiciary”. Julio Rivas, lawyer for Leopoldo Luque, one of the main defendants, has stated that he has contacted from the British broadcaster BBC for an interview, when they make a documentary in the process. He added that he had received information that production company involved in the documentary related to Juan Makintachjudge’s brother. There POLICE he also stated that he had seen it camera in class and a court official said his appearance had occurred approved by Judge Makintach. And in the end, after a proper investigation, it was decided to cancel the trial. or.
Maradona he was 60 years old at that time dead That November 25 2020in precarious condition in a rented house in the private neighborhood of San Andrés, in Benavídez, in the district of Tigre, 22 days after undergoing surgery for a subdural hematoma at the Olivos Clinic in Vicente López. Ferrari prosecutors, Cosme Iribarren and Laura Capra determined that team the medical team, consisting of seven people, was “deficient”, “reckless” and “indifferent” in its work, because it “did not There isn’t any“to prevent his death. But the trial will not open until next spring.
