The trial for Diego Maradona's death continues at the San Isidro Courts, aiming to clarify the responsibilities of the medical team that attended to him in his last days. This Tuesday, the experts in charge of the toxicological and anatomical-pathological analyses testified, revealing new details about the Argentine idol's health at the time of his death.
Toxicological results: no traces of drugs or alcohol
Blood and urine tests confirmed that Maradona's body had no traces of cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, or other drugs, nor alcohol in his blood. However, traces of the four medications he regularly consumed were found.
The person responsible for presenting these findings to the judge was Ezequiel Ventosi, a toxicological expert from the Scientific Police, who reaffirmed that the analyses did not detect illegal substances or alcohol consumption in the hours before his death.
Maradona's pathologies
Additionally, the hearing included testimony from the anatomical-pathological expert Silvina de Piero, a specialist with 21 years of experience in the Forensic Pathology Division of the Buenos Aires Scientific Police, who was in charge of the histopathological analysis of Maradona's organs and reported the following results:
- Liver: Showed fat lesions, indicating a condition compatible with cirrhosis
- Kidney: Showed significant alterations and acute tubular necrosis
- Heart: Weighed 503 grams, double the normal size, indicating a severe pathological condition. Edema, lack of blood, and oxygen were observed, characteristic of cardiac ischemia
- Lungs: Showed signs of chronic lung pathology, compatible with heart failure
Forensic doctor Alejandro Ezequiel Vega, who at the time of Maradona's death worked in the San Martín medical team, agreed with these findings. He highlighted that the ex-footballer's heart was outside the normal size and his kidney showed ischemia close to the time of his death.
