Argentine officials raid home of Diego Maradona’s doctor as investigation into his death begins

It has been revealed that Argentina officials investigating the death of football legend, Diego Maradona searched the home of his personal doctor and neurosurgeon, Dr. Leopoldo on Sunday.

The report shows that he is being investigated for involuntary manslaughter.

On Wednesday 25, it was vividly seen that Maradona died of a heart attack, he died at 60 in his native Argentina much to the shock of football lovers worldwide.

In the wake of Maradona’s death, Argentina’s president declared three days of mourning for him.

His burial held at Argentina’s presidential palace after the day of lying in state at the casa Rosada on Friday, November 27.

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On Thursday, November 26, Maradona’s lawyer_Matias Maria said he would ask for a full investigation of the circumstances that leave to the soccer legends’ death, saying ambulances took over 30mins to arrive.

Seemingly, the ambulance took more than half an hour to arrive, which was criminal idiocy, Matias said on Thursday in a Twitter post.

After seeing Matias post, prosecutors in the affluent Buenos Aires suburb San Isidro signed a search order by a local judge, requesting the doctor’s house be searched.

“Yesterday (Saturday) the investigation and substantiation of evidence continued with the taking of statements from people including direct relatives of the deceased,” it said.

“By virtue of the evidence that was collected, it was considered necessary to request searches at the home and office of doctor Leopoldo Luque,” the prosecutor’s office said in the statement.

He was captain of the 1986 team that captured the second world cup title.

Maradona has scored twice in a 2_1 victory over England in the quarterfinals in Mexico city, scoring with his hand, an action now infamously known as the Hand of God.

All his life, he has played For Argentina juniors, Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona, Napoli FC, Sevilla FC, and Newell’s Old Boys.

Diego Maradona was addicted to drugs, so he was battling drug addictions, alcohol abuse, weight issues, and other health people throughout the 1990sGrowing old, Maradona said that he had stopped doing drugs and started football Management.

The football Legend is survived by his ex_wife, Claudia Villafane, three daughters, Delma, Gianinna, and Jana, and two sons_Diego Fernando and Diego Sinagra.