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Court Sets New Maradona Death Trial for March 17, 2026 in San Isidro

The retrial follows the nullification of the first proceedings over a judge’s loss of impartiality.

Overview

  • The Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal No. 7 appointed Judges Alberto Gaig, Alberto Ortolani and Pablo Rolón to preside over the new proceedings.
  • The court scheduled a pretrial evidence-control hearing for November 12 as the next procedural step.
  • Prosecutors’ request for the process to resume as soon as possible was granted by the tribunal.
  • Judges rejected defense motions to unify cases and dismissed a double-jeopardy claim as unfounded.
  • The court also ruled a jury-trial request for defendant Leopoldo Luque was improper and late in a case charging seven defendants with homicide by reckless indifference.