<p>Argentine justice officials on Sunday seized medical files from the doctor of Diego Maradona as part of their investigation into the recent death of the soccer star.</p>.<p>Maradona died at age 60 on Wednesday after a heart attack.</p>.<p>The search order was requested by prosecutors in the affluent Buenos Aires suburb San Isidro and signed by a local judge, according to a statement issued by the prosecutor's office.</p>.<p>"Yesterday (Saturday) the investigation and substantiation of evidence continued with the taking of statements from people including direct relatives of the deceased," it said.</p>.<p>"By virtue of the evidence that was collected, it was considered necessary to request searches at the home and office of doctor Leopoldo Luque," the prosecutor's office said in the statement.</p>.<p>The prosecutor's office provided no information on what prompted the investigation.</p>.<p>"They took the clinical files," Luque told local television after law enforcement officers searched his home and office.</p>.<p>"There was no medical error," Luque said, adding that he not responsible for the death of the soccer player who catapulted to international fame and semi-devine status at home after leading the Argentine team that won the 1986 World Cup.</p>.<p>Maradona had struggled for years with substance abuse issues. "I did the best I could with Diego. He needed help," Luque said.</p>.<p>Maradona's lawyer, Matias Moria, on Thursday said he would ask for a full investigation of the circumstances of the soccer legend's death, criticizing what he said was a slow response by emergency service.</p>.<p>"The ambulance took more than half an hour to arrive, which was a criminal idiocy," Matias said on Thursday in a Twitter post.</p>
<p>Argentine justice officials on Sunday seized medical files from the doctor of Diego Maradona as part of their investigation into the recent death of the soccer star.</p>.<p>Maradona died at age 60 on Wednesday after a heart attack.</p>.<p>The search order was requested by prosecutors in the affluent Buenos Aires suburb San Isidro and signed by a local judge, according to a statement issued by the prosecutor's office.</p>.<p>"Yesterday (Saturday) the investigation and substantiation of evidence continued with the taking of statements from people including direct relatives of the deceased," it said.</p>.<p>"By virtue of the evidence that was collected, it was considered necessary to request searches at the home and office of doctor Leopoldo Luque," the prosecutor's office said in the statement.</p>.<p>The prosecutor's office provided no information on what prompted the investigation.</p>.<p>"They took the clinical files," Luque told local television after law enforcement officers searched his home and office.</p>.<p>"There was no medical error," Luque said, adding that he not responsible for the death of the soccer player who catapulted to international fame and semi-devine status at home after leading the Argentine team that won the 1986 World Cup.</p>.<p>Maradona had struggled for years with substance abuse issues. "I did the best I could with Diego. He needed help," Luque said.</p>.<p>Maradona's lawyer, Matias Moria, on Thursday said he would ask for a full investigation of the circumstances of the soccer legend's death, criticizing what he said was a slow response by emergency service.</p>.<p>"The ambulance took more than half an hour to arrive, which was a criminal idiocy," Matias said on Thursday in a Twitter post.</p>