The investigators who are in charge of the cause of the death of former soccer player Diego Maradona assured on November 25 that the experts who surveyed the house in the Tigre private neighborhood did not notice "signs of crime or violence" and believe that the death occurred due to "natural characteristics." Although, they'll await the result of the autopsy that was carried out in San Fernando.

Judicial sources assured that Maradona died around 12 o'clock, when he was lying on his bed in a room on the ground floor of the house that he had rented for two weeks in the private neighborhood of San Andrés, of the Villanueva complex, in Tigre, in which he was accompanied by his nephew, an assistant and a psychiatrist, among others.

"We can confirm with tremendous pain that the country and the whole world are going through the death of Diego Maradona at 12 noon," said the attorney general of the San Isidro judicial department, John Broyad, in an impromptu press conference.

"We can anticipate that the death has nothing but natural characteristics. No signs of crime or violence were noticed."

According to judicial investigators, a few minutes after noon, the police arrived at the private neighborhood along with half a dozen ambulances from different emergency companies that were summoned by relatives and by authorities from the private neighborhood.

The doctor of one of those ambulances performed the first CPR maneuvers but was unable to revive him, so death was determined.

SHOTLIST:

1. Various of Maradona fans in the vicinity of his residence
2. Various of the outskirts of the private neighborhood where Maradona died
3. SOUNDBITE: John Broyad, Prosecutor for the case
4. Various of the moment when Maradona's remains are removed
5. SOUNDBITE: John Broyad, Prosecutor for the case

STORYLINE:

The investigators who are in charge of the cause of the death of former soccer player Diego Armando Maradona assured today that the experts who surveyed the house in the Tigre private neighborhood did not notice "signs of crime or violence" and believe that the death occurred due to " natural characteristics ", although they will await the result of the autopsy that was carried out in San Fernando.

Judicial sources assured that Maradona died around 12 o'clock, when he was lying on his bed in a room on the ground floor of the house that he had rented for two weeks in the private neighborhood of San Andrés, of the Villanueva complex, in Tigre, in which he was accompanied by his nephew, an assistant and a psychiatrist, among others.

"We can confirm with tremendous pain that the country and the whole world are going through the death of Diego Maradona at 12 noon," said the attorney general of the San Isidro judicial department, John Broyad, in an impromptu press conference.

"We can anticipate that the death has nothing but natural characteristics. No signs of crime or violence were noticed," said Broyad.

According to judicial investigators, a few minutes after noon, the police arrived at the private neighborhood along with half a dozen ambulances from different emergency companies that were summoned by relatives and by authorities from the private neighborhood.

The doctor of one of those ambulances performed the first CPR maneuvers but was unable to revive him, so death was determined.

After knowing the death of the world star, the Justice of San Isidro opened a case that was in charge of four prosecutors: for jurisdictional issues, the prosecutor Laura Capra, from the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) of Benavídez, will participate. by his superiors, the attorney general of the judicial department of San Isidro, Broyad, and his two deputies, Patricio Ferrari and Cosme Iribarren.

Prosecutors ordered the first rigorous measures, such as the transfer of Maradona's body to carry out an autopsy at the San Fernando morgue, which operates at the Petrona V. De Cordero Hospital, in the town of Virreyes, in that part of the north of the suburbs.

Broyad explained that "at 16 o'clock the work of the Scientific Police began who approached the home and began with the" expert tasks, in which experts from the Scientific Police of San Martín, San Isidro, La Plata, the most qualified participated. ".

Almost immediately, the prosecutors Capra and Iribarren began with the testimonial statements of the entire Maradona inner circle, including the people who were with Diego at the time of his death: a nephew named Jonatan Espósito, the cook known by his nickname " Monona ", the psychiatrist, and a neighbor who is a doctor and who collaborated with the resuscitation task before the arrival of the other professionals.

Another of those present was Maximiliano Pomargo, who is the brother-in-law of Maradona's personal lawyer, Matías Morla, and was a personal assistant to the former soccer player, sources said.

Meanwhile, prosecutors Broyad and Ferrari went to the morgue to supervise the autopsy, with which the investigators intend to "reliably determine the causes of death."

The autopsy will be in charge of the head of the San Isidro Medical Corps, Federico Corasaniti, who will be accompanied by the heads of the San Martín and La Plata medical corps, and it is expected that the preliminary result will be delivered to the prosecutor Capra, possibly this same night, sources said.

On the other hand, the researchers requested the recordings of the security cameras entering the private neighborhood and the entry book so that they can be analyzed if necessary.

In addition, they seized two cell phones that belonged to Maradona and that were found in his room and the seizure of Maradona's medical records was ordered at the Olivos Clinic where he was hospitalized until November 11.


SOUNDBITE: John Broyad, Prosecutor for the case

"We can confirm, unfortunately, with a deep pain that goes through the country and the whole world, the death of Diego Armando Maradona, at approximately 12 noon on the date. At 4 pm the work of the scientific police came to his home and began with the tasks. Scientific police personnel from San Martín, San Isidro, La Plata, the most qualified, who worked at the home where Diego Armando Maradona's room was. Starting at 6:00 p.m., at the San Fernando Hospital morgue an autopsy will be carried out. No signs of criminality were noticed, no signs of violence were noticed, the autopsy is carried out in order to reliably determine the causes of death, which will establish, at the time of the autopsy and the complementary reports, but we can anticipate that the death has natural characteristics, there are no signs of violence, the autopsy will establish the causes usals of death".