Diego Maradona's Burial And Pictures

A funeral parlour took on the three to help prepare the coffin of the football icon, who died on Wednesday aged 60.

In two pictures, the men can be seen posing next to the open casket at the parlour, smiling with their thumbs up.

The photos surfaced online as Maradona's body lay in repose at the presidential palace, provoking outrage.

Maradona's agent and lawyer, Matías Morla, vowed to take legal action against the "scoundrel" responsible for the photos.

The manager of the Sepelios Pinier funeral parlour in the Paternal district of Buenos Aires, Matías Picón, told local media that the three men in the photos were "outsourced employees" who had helped carry the heavy coffin. Iwuanyanwu Nationale 1994 Plane Crash Untold story

"We are devastated," Mr Picón, told the TN news channel. "The family trusted us, we have been working with them for a long time."

Mr Picón said his company had organised funeral services for other members of the Maradona family. "The family has total confidence in us, that's why we are so affected," he said. 

"My father is 75 years old and he is crying, I am crying, my brother too, we are destroyed," Mr Picón added.

When he called Maradona's ex-wife, Claudia Villafañe, to tell her about the photos, "she was furious".

The Picóns said they did not know if the Maradona family planned to take any legal action.

                     

Judicial sources told the Télam news agency that no crime had been reported in relation to the photos, so no complaint had been filed by prosecutors.

Maradona was buried in a private ceremony on Thursday, the first of three days of mourning declared over his death in Argentina.

Maradona's coffin - draped in Argentina's national flag and football shirt, bearing his trademark No 10 - was on public display at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires earlier in the day.

Thousands of adoring fans filed through the door of the Casa Rosada to say goodbye to their hero, but the wake ended prematurely after clashes between police and some mourners waiting in line.

Regarded by many as the greatest football player of all time, the former Argentina attacking midfielder died at his home in Tigre, near Buenos Aires.

Maradona is a footballer I respect so much, it shocked me the day I red the news about his death on the internet….hmmmm….a time to born and a time to die, well am short of words for now, Maradona as fans fondly call you…I Iwuchukwu Ben-iyke say “Rest in peace”.