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The doctors who attended Maradona and verified his death testify at the trial

The trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona will continue this Thursday with the testimonial statements of a medical neighbor summoned before the physical decompensation of the idol and another who recorded his death, on November 25, 2020.

The trial that seeks to determine whether seven health professionals are guilty of simple homicide with eventual male continues in the Oral Criminal Court No. 3 of San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, with the statement of doctors Colin Campbell Irigoyen and Juan Carlos Pinto.

Campbell Irigoyen is a surgeon, a resident of the closed San Andrés neighborhood, who was summoned by the local surveillance staff to assist Maradona with his physical decompensation and tried to resuscitate him.

In previous statements, the witness said that, upon arriving at the patient’s room, he was able to observe the nurse Gisela Madrid “doing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) maneuvers to Diego Armando Maradona.”

Campbell Irigoyen also detailed that Maradona “was very cold, with stiffness in his mouth, no heartbeat and no pulse, sweaty, with pale skin color, cold sweating” and his arm “loose, loose”, despite which he continued with the nurse with the resuscitation maneuvers.

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He also mentioned one of the main defendants, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov: “I was next to the bed but I was doing nothing,” according to the court order.

Finally, he assured that the patient had, at the time of his death, pulmonary edema.

The other witness will be Juan Carlos Pinto, a doctor from the company specialized in medical emergencies +Vida, who checked Maradona and confirmed his death after arriving in an ambulance with medical equipment.

During the stage of accumulation of tests, Pinto stated that he had applied resuscitation maneuvers to the patient as “electrical activity with the defibrillator” (which he carried) and adrenaline injections, for 45 minutes, without positive results.

In his previous statements he said that he was able to verify “cadaveric livides”, which, according to his explanation, occur after “approximately an hour of death”. He said that he was also able to verify the onset of stiffness in the patient’s lower jaw.”

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During the stage of accumulation of evidence, the witness confirmed that, when entering the room, he found the neighbor and the nurse performing resuscitation tasks and, immediately, immediately developed “electrical activity with the defibrillator,” although the patient was “without electrical activity”, with the heart “basically stopped.”

Last Tuesday, four police officers who entered the house on November 25, 2020, testified before the Court and emphasized the abdominal swelling that Maradona presented, as well as the lack of medical elements such as serum and defibrillator.

Keep in mind that the defibrillator used arrived with the doctor of the company +Vida.

Judges Maximiliano Savarino, Verónica Di Tommaso and Julieta Makintach must determine whether seven of the eight defendants are guilty of the crime of simple homicide with eventual malice, which has a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.

The judges in this process: neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, psychoanalyst Carlos Díaz, doctor and coordinator of the Swiss Medical company, Nancy Forlini, doctor Pedro Di Spagna, nurse coordinator Mariano Perroni and nurse Ricardo Almirón.

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Nurse Gisela Madrid is also being prosecuted, who requested a jury trial and will be tried in a process that will begin during the second half of this year, once the main debate is over.

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Florida judge sets 2027 trial in Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against BBC

A federal judge in Florida has scheduled February 2027 for the trial in the lawsuit filed by U.S. President Donald Trump against the BBC, in which he is seeking $10 billion in damages for defamation.

Trump accuses the British broadcaster of airing a misleading edit of a speech he delivered on January 6, 2021, which, he says, made it appear that he explicitly urged his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

The president filed the suit in December in federal court in Florida, alleging defamation and violations of a law governing business practices when the program was broadcast ahead of the 2024 election.

Trump is seeking $5 billion in damages for each of the two claims.

Lawyers for the BBC unsuccessfully asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that Trump had not suffered a “legally recognizable harm,” since the investigative program Panorama, which included the edited footage, aired outside the United States.

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Head-of-state diplomacy key to guiding China–U.S. ties, Beijing says

Head-of-state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable strategic guiding role in China–United States relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday during a regular press briefing, when asked about high-level exchanges between the two sides.

Lin added that in a recent phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump once again expressed his intention to visit China in April, while Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated his invitation.

Both sides remain in communication regarding the matter, the spokesperson said.

Lin noted that the essence of China–U.S. economic and trade ties lies in mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.

“Both parties should work together to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, injecting greater certainty and stability into China–U.S. economic and trade cooperation, as well as into the global economy,” he said.

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Trump administration to end special immigration operation in Minnesota

The administration of Donald Trump is bringing to a close its special operation targeting illegal immigration in the northern state of Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday, following weeks of unrest and the fatal shootings of two activists by federal agents.

Thousands of federal officers had been deployed to Minnesota in December to carry out large-scale raids against undocumented immigrants.

The operations triggered strong reactions from residents and advocacy groups, leading to daily confrontations and the deaths of two people who were shot by federal agents.

“I proposed, and President Trump agreed, that this special operation should end in Minnesota,” Homan said during a press conference in the state capital, Minneapolis.

“A significant drawdown began this week and will continue into next week,” he added.

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Homan indicated that similar enforcement efforts could be launched in other cities.

“Next week we will redeploy the agents currently here back to their home stations or to other parts of the country where they are needed. But we will continue to enforce immigration laws,” he said.