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Maradona Trial Nears Resolution After Key Caregivers Testify

Prosecutors introduced audios, WhatsApp messages and nursing notes that record repeated warnings of severe edema along with claims diuretics were stopped, moving the court toward a final medical-board assessment.

Overview

  • This week the last custodian, Martín “Chori” Domínguez, told the San Isidro court he repeatedly warned doctor Leopoldo Luque that Maradona was swollen, eating little and largely bedridden.
  • Masseur Nicolás Taffarel testified that he warned the medical team about progressive edema, said nurses told him diuretics had been withdrawn, and recounted Maradona’s last words to him: “No quiero nada, ya está.”
  • Accused nurse Ricardo Almirón gave his first full testimony describing his shifts and the checks he made overnight before the death while defending the accuracy of his nursing records.
  • Prosecutors have played audios and WhatsApp exchanges and shown nursing notes to support their claim that caregivers knew of severe fluid retention and failed to act, a fact central to the homicide charge based on dolo eventual.
  • The tribunal is preparing to hear the Junta Médica report next, a step that could determine whether the team’s conduct meets the legal standard for criminal responsibility and lead to multi‑year prison exposure for the accused.