Maradona's Body Will Lie At The Casa Rosada Presidential Palace

Diego Maradona (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The body of legendary footballer Diego Armando Maradona will lie in the presidential palace of Casa Rosada for three days starting Thursday. Maradona died on Wednesday aged 60 of a heart attack.

"Maradona will lie down in the Casa Rosada palace so that the public can pay tribute to the sporting hero from Thursday to Saturday," presidential spokesman Mario Huck told AFP.

Over the past few hours, there has been speculation over the location of the final tribute to the iconic number 10. The Boca Juniors Stadium and Argentinos Juniors were mentioned as potential locations.

However, preparations at the Government Building are already underway, with workers seen removing items from the building entrance, which have not been used since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The body of the late Maradona was transported from his home in Tigre, where he died, to a morgue in San Fernando, Buenos Aires province, for an autopsy on Wednesday evening.

Maradona's body will undergo an autopsy "to determine the cause of death," said public prosecutor John Broyard.

"An autopsy will be carried out to determine the cause of death, which only has natural characteristics," prosecutors told reporters outside the house where the idol died around noon.

President Alberto Fernández announced three days of national mourning to honor the departure of the former Albiceleste captain and coach.