Nicolás Maduro affirmed that Diego Maradona "was killed" and said that he recommended he move to Venezuela. He said that everything was orchestrated so that “fascism” would come to power.
And he linked the death of El Diez with the assassination attempt against Cristina Kirchner. "I think it was an operation to put an end to the symbols of rebellious Argentina, deep Argentina. And first they put an ended to Diego, I have that certainty," he said.