They reveal why Diego Maradona was buried without a heart

Nelson Castro, doctor and journalist, was invited this Sunday to the program Having lunch with Mirtha Legrand, in which he presented his new book: Diego’s health: the true story, which provides unpublished details about the death, autopsy and court case of Diego Armando Maradona. Additionally, Castro took the opportunity to make a revelation, the former footballer was buried without the heart.

Castro spoke of a conspiracy to steal the idol’s organ during the wake, which took place the day after his death, on November 26, 2020.

“There was a movement of barrabravas from Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (club in which Diez officiated as DT) who planned to break in and extract the heart. That happened, it did not materialize because it was an act of tremendous audacity. But it was detected, then his heart was extracted ”, revealed the neurologist.

“Also to study it, because it was obviously very important in determining the cause of his death ”.

For the publication of the book, the neurologist accessed all the medical sources that treated Maradona throughout his life.

Juana Viale, host of the program in which the book was presented, also took the opportunity to ask him about the weight of the heart of Ten. To which Castro replied that it was twice the average of a male organ of an adult person. “A very big heart.”

Additionally, Castro explained that this was because Maradona had heart failure.

In that sense, he commented that Maradona had a high resistance since others would have died previously, however, he highlighted a genetic characteristic that played against his health. “Unfortunately, he had an addictive component to everything that was destructive to him. Maradona was addicted to everything, “he said. (I)