Overview
- The prosecution began its final alegatos on Thursday, October 8, 2026, telling the Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal N°7 that evidence shows the care around Diego Maradona was negligent and asking judges to adopt its theory of avoidable death.
- Fiscales Patricio Ferrari and Cosme Iribarren argued Maradona suffered roughly 12 hours of agonía and died from pulmonary edema secondary to congestive heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy, and they punctuated their presentation by calling the team a “group of improvisados,” tearing the externation act and showing a photo of the body.
- Defenses reject that theory and insist Maradona died of a sudden, unforeseeable cardiac event while many defendants also deny they acted as his treating physicians during the domiciliary internment.
- The court set tight rules for the closing phase: the fiscales had up to four hours, the querellas begin next with Eduardo Ramírez, and the defenses will present on October 20–22 under strict time limits with no new extensive evidence allowed.
- The retrial follows the 2025 annulment of an earlier proceeding and closed a lengthy proof stage of 45 hearings and over 100 declarations; seven health professionals face charges of homicidio simple con dolo eventual and potential prison terms of 8 to 25 years if convicted.