Diego Maradona did not consume alcohol or illegal drugs before his death

12/22/2020 21:13

• Clarín.com

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Updated 12/22/2020 9:15 PM

Diego Armando Maradona (60) had not consumed alcohol or illegal drugs prior to his death, according to toxicological studies that did detect the presence of psychotropic drugs,

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The analyzes that the experts of the Scientific Police made on the blood and urine of the former soccer player and that they delivered on Tuesday night to the San Isidro team of prosecutors that are investigating the circumstances of the death of "10", yielded negative results in alcohol and narcotics, but positive in "venlafaxine, quetiapine, levetiracetam and naltrexone".

Maradona died at noon on Wednesday, November 25, in the private neighborhood of San Andrés, Tigre, as a result of pulmonary edema and cardiac decompensation.

The playroom where Diego Maradona died, in the San Andrés de Tigre neighborhood.

On November 3, he had undergone surgery for a subdural hematoma (hemorrhage on the brain surface) at the Olivos Clinic, in Vicente López, by a team led by the neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque.

Eight days later, Luque endorsed, together with the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, and two of Maradona's daughters (Gianinna and Jana), his transfer to the country, despite the fact that in the prepaid medicine company (Swiss Medical) he accepted his discharge but clarified that He did not have a "medical discharge", so he recommended the continuation of his therapeutic treatment for his addiction to alcohol.

In addition, he proposed to continue with "psychiatric, clinical, rehabilitation and toxicological treatment under the modality of hospitalization in a rehabilitation center with a support psychiatric team."

The San Isidro attorney general, John Broyad, is in charge of the team that investigates whether there was "wrongful death" in the death of Maradona by Luque and Cosachov.

They are prosecutors Laura Capra, Cosme Irribarren and Patricio Ferrari.

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