An Argentine judge was removed from her post Tuesday after causing a mistrial in the negligence case against the medical team in whose care football legend Diego Maradona died in 2020.
Julieta Makintach, 48, was one of three judges in the trial of seven medical professionals blamed by prosecutors for Maradona’s death while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.
On Tuesday, a special panel of judges, lawyers and provincial legislators removed Makintach from her post and disqualified her from holding any other judicial position in the future.