Bolivia football chief arrested for corruption
July 18, 2015
Authorities accused Carlos Chavez of the Bolivian Football Federation and treasurer of the sport's South American confederation of "alleged corruption in the management of resources entering our country."
Among those accused in the probe were Bolivian professional league president Fernando Humerez, Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) head Jorge Justiniano and FBF secretary Pedro Zambrano.
A court official said last month that the four men were being investigated for various crimes, including laundering illicit profits, abusing their office, misuse of influence and criminal organization.
Several top executives within CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation, were recently indicted in a US probe into alleged corruption at football's world body FIFA, and Paraguay's Congress voted to repeal immunity of the group headquartered in the country in June.
Former CONMEBOL president Eugenio Figueredo of Uruguay was among the seven people arrested in a May raid on a luxury hotel in Zurich.
Another former CONMEBOL president, Nicolas Leoz, was arrested in his native Paraguay and is currently under house arrest awaiting a decision on his extradition to the United States.
av/gsw (AFP, Reuters)