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Malay Mail
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Scandal-hit judge in scrapped Maradona trial resigns
BUENOS AIRES, June 25 — The Argentine judge who caused the collapse of a trial over the 2020 death of football legend Diego Maradona resigned on Tuesday. Julieta Makintach's involvement in a clandestine documentary about the trial of Maradona's medical team led to the proceedings being scrapped in May after two months of hearings. Her fellow judges accused her of having 'caused prejudice' to the proceedings which heard hours of painful, sometimes tearful, testimony from witnesses including Maradona's children. No date has yet been set for a new trial although a new three-judge bench has been designated to hear the case. In a letter to the governor of Buenos Aires, which was seen by AFP, Makintach, who had been facing impeachment proceedings, said she ' profound institutional and social impact' of her actions on a 'very sensitive' trial. She said she believed her resignation would help restore confidence in the judiciary. Maradona, considered one of the world's greatest ever players, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery. He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema — a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs — two weeks after going under the knife. Seven medical professionals were put on trial over the conditions of his home convalescence, which prosecutors described as grossly negligent. Maradona's caregivers risk prison terms of between eight and 25 years if convicted of 'homicide with possible intent' — pursuing a course of action despite knowing it could lead to his death. — AFP
CBS News
24-06-2025
- CBS News
Multiple bodies found with hands and feet tied in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain
How a border wall works in Melilla, Spain, a gateway between Europe and Africa Spanish authorities have launched an investigation after discovering multiple corpses in the Mediterranean Sea whose hands and feet had been tied, police said on Monday. According to regional daily Diario de Mallorca, since mid-May Civil Guard boats have spotted at least five bodies with their feet and hands bound. Police suspect that the victims may be migrants from North Africa, the Majorca Daily Bulletin reported. Diario de Mallorca quoted investigators as saying that the migrants may have been tied up and thrown into the sea during the crossing, potentially due to a dispute with their smugglers. The investigation into suspected homicide aims to identify the victims and work out the causes of their death, a Civil Guard spokeswoman told AFP. The discovery shows "the cruelest side" of the irregular migration route, regional president Marga Prohens told local media. Although most of the tens of thousands of Europe-bound migrants Spain receives arrive via the Canary Islands in the Atlantic, hundreds attempt the shorter crossing from north Africa to the Balearic archipelago in the Mediterranean. Authorities said 31 bodies had been found in the waters and beaches of the archipelago between January and June of this year, the Majorca Daily Bulletin reported earlier this month. A Guardia Civil boat, on July 11, 2024 in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Isaac Buj/Europa Press via Getty Images In 2023, the United Nation's International Organization for Migration recorded 8,542 migrant deaths around the world – with 37% of these deaths occurring in the Mediterranean. There have also been dramatic rescues in the region. Earlier this month, a charity ship rescued more than 50 migrants from an abandoned oil platform in the Mediterranean, where one woman gave birth, according to the Spain-based NGO Open Arms. And in January, the Spanish coastguard rescued a baby that was born on an inflatable vessel carrying migrants to the Canary Islands.
