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Three funeral workers are fired after posing for photos with Diego Maradona’s coffin

The images distributed across social media created outrage, even death threats, across Argentina, a nation that venerated Maradona.

Mourning fans waved from an overpass at the caravan carrying the remains of Diego Maradona to his resting place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday.
Mourning fans waved from an overpass at the caravan carrying the remains of Diego Maradona to his resting place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday.Read moreRodrigo Abd / AP