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Diego Maradona was buried on Thursday in a private ceremony attended by only two dozen people.
Only family members and close friends were permitted at Jardin Bella Vista cemetery for the final religious ceremony.
The iconic legend was buried next to the graves of his parents, Dalma and Diego.
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Fans waving Argentine flags had gathered along roads as Maradona’s funeral car drove by under heavy security.
Many tried to touch the vehicle whenever it was stopped by traffic.
The earlier viewing at the Argentine presidential mansion was halted shortly before 6pm, 12 hours after it started.
Maradona’s family wished and the body of the Argentine icon was taken away for burial.
Frustrated fans who were waiting to pay their respects and causing new tensions at the gates of the cemetery.
Some draped in the national flag, sang football anthems as they formed a line that stretched more than 20 blocks from the Plaza de Mayo.
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Argentines gathered to celebrate the Maradona-led triumph in the 1986 World Cup.
But with the time for viewing the coffin at the presidential palace drawing short, police moved to cut off the back end of the crowd.
Enraging fans who hurled rocks and other objects at officers, who responded with rubber bullets.
The motorcade, accompanied by police, was followed on a local highway by dozens of honking cars and motorcycles.
Hundreds of fans blocked entry to the cemetery before the arrival of Maradona’s casket, dancing and chanting as police moved in to open a way.
The crowd continued making noise after the final ceremony began.
Maradona died Wednesday of a heart attack in a house outside Buenos Aires where he had been recovering from a brain operation on November 3.
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