They authorize the transfer of Maradona’s body to a mausoleum in the future

Argentina’s justice system on Tuesday authorized the transfer of the body of Diego Maradonadied in 2020, in the future mausoleum desired by his children, in a central neighborhood of Buenos Airesto facilitate future tributes “to Argentina’s greatest idol.” The decision, in a resolution of the court of San Isidro (north of Buenos Aires) cited by some media in Argentina, happened on the eve of the first marginal trial of a nurse who was a member of Maradona’s medical team, regarding the causes of his death

The main trial of seven professionals (a neurosurgeon and treating doctor, a clinical doctor, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a head nurse and nurses) is scheduled, after several postponements, for March 2025. A nurse , Gisela Madrid, who since The principle said that she only followed the doctors’ instructions, she got the right to try separately.

Regarding the remains, the court of San Isidro initially decided, in May, not to allow the transfer, debating the “possible steps that may be necessary”, in particular the excavation, within the framework of the trial, after the objections of some parties. The court found on Tuesday that there was no more “opposition from either party”, and considered that a “favorable response” should be given to the children’s request.

The idea, launched a year after Maradona’s death and formalized in 2023, is to move the remains of the Argentine soccer icon, who rest in a private cemetery in Bella Vista, outside Buenos Aires, in the central district and old harbor from Puerto Madero. It will lead to a mausoleum in the future, the ‘M10 Memorial’, so that “the citizens of Argentina and the citizens of the world can pay tribute to who is the greatest idol of Argentina”, according to the initial request of the children.