AP, Santiago :
The president of Chile’s soccer federation has officially resigned after he refused to answer questions over his possible links to the corruption scandal at world soccer governing body FIFA, the federation said on Wednesday.
Flanked by police officers and under the flashes of cameras, a gaunt-looking Sergio Jadue told reporters at Santiago’s airport Tuesday night that he was taking a vacation with his family before he boarded a plane to Miami. Local media had been reporting that he was on his way to becoming an FBI informant, but Jadue declined to comment on whether he would be helping U.S. authorities who are investigating corruption at FIFA.
Reports of his imminent resignation began surfacing last week after Jadue returned from an unexpected trip to Brazil and dismissed rumors that he had traveled to cooperate with U.S. authorities.
That day, “the board of directors of Chile’s federation asked Jadue to meet us urgently to clear up the questions surrounding the investigation by the U.S. prosecutors,” acting president Jaime Baeza said in a Wednesday press conference.
