Maradona’s cortege heads to cemetery


Fans surrounding the funeral procession of Diego Armando Maradona during its departure from the Casa Rosada, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, yesterday. The remains will move to a cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. – EPA pic, November 27, 2020.

A HEARSE bearing the flag-draped coffin of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona rolled through the centre of Buenos Aires yesterday as thousands of fans bade him a final farewell.

Amid blaring sirens and surrounded by motorcycle police outriders, the funeral cortege swept quickly through the streets around the presidential palace, where thousands of fans had filed past Maradona’s coffin since early morning. 


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