AFP, Montevideo :
Switzerland will extradite former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo to his native Uruguay instead of the United States after his arrest in the corruption scandal rocking world football, a judge said Friday.
“It’s official, the Swiss authorities have agreed to Eugenio Figueredo’s extradition to Uruguay,” said Uruguayan judge Juan Gomez. Figueredo, the former president of South American federation CONMEBOL, was arrested in a raid on a Zurich luxury hotel in May.
Switzerland will extradite former FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo to his native Uruguay instead of the United States after his arrest in the corruption scandal rocking world football, a judge said Friday.
“It’s official, the Swiss authorities have agreed to Eugenio Figueredo’s extradition to Uruguay,” said Uruguayan judge Juan Gomez. Figueredo, the former president of South American federation CONMEBOL, was arrested in a raid on a Zurich luxury hotel in May.
